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Effect of adhesion geometry and rigidity on cellular force distributions
Ilka B. Bischofs, Sebastian S. Schmidt, Ulrich S. Schwarz
The behaviour and fate of tissue cells is controlled by the rigidity and geometry of their adhesive environment, possibly through forces localized to sites of adhesion. We introduc…
Focal adhesions as mechanosensors: the two-spring model
Ulrich S. Schwarz, Thorsten Erdmann, Ilka B. Bischofs
Adhesion-dependent cells actively sense the mechanical properties of their environment through mechanotransductory processes at focal adhesions, which are integrin-based contacts c…
Collective effects in cellular structure formation mediated by compliant environments: a Monte Carlo study
I. B. Bischofs, U. S. Schwarz
Compliant environments can mediate interactions between mechanically active cells like fibroblasts. Starting with a phenomenological model for the behaviour of single cells, we use…
Elastic interactions of active cells with soft materials
I. B. Bischofs, S. A. Safran, U. S. Schwarz
Anchorage-dependent cells collect information on the mechanical properties of the environment through their contractile machineries and use this information to position and orient…
Cell organization in soft media due to active mechanosensing
I. B. Bischofs, U. S. Schwarz
Adhering cells actively probe the mechanical properties of their environment and use the resulting information to position and orient themselves. We show that a large body of exper…
Topological (Sliced) Doping of a 3D Peierls System: Predicted Structure of Doped BaBiO3
Ilka B. Bischofs, Philip B. Allen, Vladimir N. Kostur +1
At hole concentrations below x=0.4, Ba_(1-x)K_xBiO_3 is non-metallic. At x=0, pure BaBiO3 is a Peierls insulator. Very dilute holes create bipolaronic point defects in the Peierls…