2015-07-08
Inherently unstable networks collapse to a critical point
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Publication
Phys. Rev. E , Volume 92 - Issue Article number: 012710 p. 1- 6
Nonequilibrium systems that are driven or drive themselves towards a critical point have been studied for almost three decades. Here we present a minimalist example of such a system, motivated by experiments on collapsing active elastic networks. Our model of an unstable elastic network exhibits a collapse towards a critical point from any macroscopically connected initial configuration. Taking into account steric interactions within the network, the model qualitatively and quantitatively reproduces results of the experiments on collapsing active gels.
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| American Physical Society (APS) | |
| doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012710 | |
| Phys. Rev. E | |
| Organisation | Biological Soft Matter-Former Group |
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Sheinman, M., Sharma, A., Alvarado, J., Koenderink, G., & MacKintosh, F. (2015). Inherently unstable networks collapse to a critical point. Phys. Rev. E, 92(Article number: 012710), 1–6. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012710 |
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