Competing instabilities reveal how to rationally design and control active crosslinked gels

Bibi Najma; Minu Varghese; Lev Tsidilkovski; Linnea Lemma; Aparna Baskaran; Guillaume Duclos

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34089-9

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Competing instabilities reveal how to rationally design and control active crosslinked gels

Bibi Najma,
Minu Varghese,
Lev Tsidilkovski,
Linnea Lemma,
Aparna Baskaran,
Guillaume Duclos

Affiliations

Bibi Najma: Department of Physics, Brandeis University
Minu Varghese: Department of Physics, Brandeis University
Lev Tsidilkovski: Department of Physics, Brandeis University
Linnea Lemma: Department of Physics, Brandeis University
Aparna Baskaran: Department of Physics, Brandeis University
Guillaume Duclos: Department of Physics, Brandeis University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34089-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This paper investigates the origin of two distinct instabilities in active gels of biopolymers and molecular motors. Combining experiments and theory, it shows how to rationally design and control active materials with targeted elasticity and activity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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