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20192021
most citedThe conformation of a semiflexible filament in a quenched random potential

5 citations · 5 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cond-mat.soft2021

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…

cond-mat.soft2021

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…

q-bio.NC2020

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…

cond-mat.soft2020

Disordered biopolymer filament bundles: Topological defects and kinks

Valentin M. Slepukhin, Maximilian J. Grill, Qingda Hu +3

Bundles of stiff filaments are ubiquitous in the living world, found both in the cytoskeleton and in the extracellular medium. These bundles are typically held together by smaller…

cond-mat.soft2020

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…

q-bio.NC2020

Dynamical phase separation on rhythmogenic neuronal networks

Mihai Bibireata, Valentin M. Slepukhin, Alex J. Levine

We explore the dynamics of the preBötzinger complex, the mammalian central pattern generator with neurons, which produces a collective metronomic signal that times th…