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Maximally stiffening composites require maximally coupled rather than maximally entangled polymer species

Published:2019 Issue:33 Volume:15 Page:6703-6717
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Michieletto Davide¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Fitzpatrick Robert⁶⁷⁸⁹,Robertson-Anderson Rae M.⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Physics and Astronomy

2. University of Edinburgh

3. Edinburgh

4. UK

5. MRC Human Genetics Unit

6. Department of Physics and Biophysics

7. University of San Diego

8. San Diego

9. USA

Abstract

We couple Molecular Dynamics simulations with optical tweezers microrheology to discover that DNA–actin composites display maximal stiffening when the two species have similar number of entanglements and not when entanglements are maximized.

Funder

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Division of Materials Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/SM/C9SM01461F

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