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Contraction of polymer gels created by the activity of molecular motors

Published:2019 Issue:22 Volume:15 Page:4467-4475
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Bacca Mattia¹²³⁴^ORCID,Saleh Omar A.⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,McMeeking Robert M.⁵⁶⁷⁸¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Mechanical Engineering Department

2. University of British Columbia

3. Vancouver

4. Canada

5. Materials Department

6. University of California

7. Santa Barbara

8. USA

9. Biomolecular Science & Engineering Program

Abstract

We propose a theory based on non-equilibrium thermodynamics to describe the mechanical behavior of an active polymer gel created by the inclusion of molecular motors in its solvent.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Basic Energy Sciences

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/SM/C8SM02598C

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