Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Vesicle shape transformations driven by confined active filaments

  • Matthew S. E. Peterson,
  • Aparna Baskaran,
  • Michael F. Hagan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27310-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Systems of confined active filaments within a deformable vesicle are of relevance for development of active materials constructed from anisotropic particles. The authors propose a framework to control the transformations of the vesicle shape and filament organization.