3 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2019
Irreversibility in dynamical phases and transitions
Daniel S. Seara, Benjamin B. Machta, Michael P. Murrell
Living and non-living active matter consumes energy at the microscopic scale to drive emergent, macroscopic behavior including traveling waves and coherent oscillations. Recent wor…
physics.bio-ph2018
Epithelial Wound Healing Coordinates Distinct Actin Network Architectures to Conserve Mechanical Work and Balance Power
Visar Ajeti, A. Pasha Tabatabai, Andrew J. Fleszar +8
How cells with diverse morphologies and cytoskeletal architectures modulate their mechanical behaviors to drive robust collective motion within tissues is poorly understood. During…
cond-mat.soft2018
Entropy Production Rate is Maximized in Non-Contractile Actomyosin
Daniel S. Seara, Vikrant Yadav, Ian Linsmeier +5
The actin cytoskeleton is an active semi-flexible polymer network whose non-equilibrium properties coordinate both stable and contractile behaviors to maintain or change cell shape…