Title

Rheology of Active Filament Solutions

Author(s)/Creator(s)

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

Document Type

Article

Date

1-4-2008

Keywords

condensed matter, soft condensed matter

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

We study the viscoelasticity of an active solution of polar biofilaments and motor proteins. Using a molecular model, we derive the constitutive equations for the stress tensor in the isotropic phase and in phases with liquid crystalline order. The stress relaxation in the various phases is discussed. Contractile activity is responsible for a spectacular difference in the viscoelastic properties on opposite sides of the order-disorder transition.

Additional Information

This manuscript is from arXiv.org, to see more information http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607285

Recommended Citation

arXiv:cond-mat/0607285v1

Source

harvested from arXiv.org

Creative Commons License

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