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Braiding dynamics in semiflexible filament bundles under oscillatory forcing
Valentin M. Slepukhin, Alex J. Levine
We examine the nonequilibrium production of topological defects -- braids -- in semiflexible filament bundles under cycles of compression and tension. During these cycles, the peri…
Thermal Schwinger Effect: Defect Production in Compressed Filament Bundles
Valentin M Slepukhin, Alex J Levine
We discuss the response of biopolymer filament bundles bound by transient cross linkers to compressive loading. These systems admit a mechanical instability at stresses typically b…
Microcircuit synchronization and heavy tailed synaptic weight distribution in preBötzinger Complex contribute to generation of breathing rhythm
Valentin M. Slepukhin, Sufyan Ashhad, Jack L. Feldman +1
The preBötzinger Complex, the mammalian inspiratory rhythm generator, encodes inspiratory time as motor pattern. Spike synchronization throughout this sparsely connected network ge…
Geometrically-induced localization of flexural waves on thin warped physical membranes
Jonathan Kernes, Alex J. Levine
We consider the propagation of flexural waves across a nearly flat, thin membrane, whose stress-free state is curved. The stress-free configuration is specified by a quenched heigh…
Directed force propagation in semiflexible networks
Maximilian J. Grill, Jonathan Kernes, Valentin M. Slepukhin +2
We consider the propagation of tension along specific filament of a semiflexible filament network in response to the application of a point force using a combination of numerical s…
Dynamics of undulatory fluctuations of semiflexible filaments in a network
Jonathan Kernes, Alex J. Levine
We study the dynamics of a single semiflexible filament coupled to a Hookean spring at its boundary. The spring produces a fluctuating tensile force on the filament, whose value de…