Title

Nematic and Polar Order in Active Filament Solutions

Author(s)/Creator(s)

A. Ahmadi, Syracuse University
Tanniemola B. Liverpool, University of Leeds
M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date

2-2-2008

Keywords

condensed matter, soft condensed matter

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

Using a microscopic model of interacting polar biofilaments and motor proteins, we characterize the phase diagram of both homogeneous and inhomogeneous states in terms of experimental parameters. The polarity of motor clusters is key in determining the organization of the filaments in homogeneous isotropic, polarized and nematic states, while motor-induced bundling yields spatially inhomogeneous structures.

Additional Information

This manuscript is from arXiv.org, for more information see http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0507590

Recommended Citation

arXiv:cond-mat/0507590v1

Source

harvested from arXiv.org

Creative Commons License

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