Nematic and Polar order in Active Filament Solutions
arXiv:cond-mat/0507590 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.72.060901
Abstract
Using a microscopic model of interacting polar biofilaments and motor proteins, we characterize the phase diagram of both homogeneous and inhomogeneous states in terms of experimental parameters. The polarity of motor clusters is key in determining the organization of the filaments in homogeneous isotropic, polarized and nematic states, while motor-induced bundling yields spatially inhomogeneous structures.
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