Internal Stresses, Normal Modes, and Nonaffinity in Three-Dimensional Biopolymer Networks

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Huisman, E. M.
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We numerically investigate deformations and modes of networks of semiflexible biopolymers as a function of crosslink coordination number z and strength of bending and stretching energies. In equilibrium filaments are under internal stress, and the networks exhibit shear rigidity below the Maxwell isostatic point. In contrast to two-dimensional networks, ours exhibit nonaffine bending-dominated response in all rigid states, including those near the maximum of z = 4 when bending energies are less than stretching ones.

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2011-02-25
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Suggested Citation: Huisman, E.M. and Lubensky, T.C. (2011). Internal Stresses, Normal Modes, and Nonaffinity in Three-Dimensional Biopolymer Networks. Physical Review Letters. 106, 088301. © 2011 The American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.110/PhysRevLett.106088301
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