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q-bio.TO2014★ 42 cited
Elastic free energy drives the shape of prevascular solid tumors
Kristen L. Mills, Ralf Kemkemer, Shiva Rudraraju +1
It is well established that the mechanical environment influences cell functions in health and disease. Here, we address how the mechanical environment influences tumor growth, in…
physics.bio-ph1998
Elastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals Formed by Living and Migrating Cells
Ralf Kemkemer, Dieter Kling, Dieter Kaufmann +1
In culture migrating and interacting amoeboid cells can form nematic liquid crystal phases. A polar nematic liquid crystal is formed if the interaction has a polar symmetry. One ty…