1.7k citations · 8.9k across the 61 of their papers we have counts for
57 papers
Effects of local incompressibility on the rheology of composite biopolymer networks
Anupama Gannavarapu, Sadjad Arzash, Iain Muntz +4
Fibrous networks such as collagen are common in biological systems. Recent theoretical and experimental efforts have shed light on the mechanics of single component networks. Most…
Effective Medium Theory for Mechanical Phase Transitions of Fiber Networks
Sihan Chen, Tomer Markovich, Fred C. MacKintosh
Networks of stiff fibers govern the elasticity of biological structures such as the extracellular matrix of collagen. These networks are known to stiffen nonlinearly under shear or…
Mechanical criticality of fiber networks at a finite temperature
Sadjad Arzash, Anupama Gannavarapu, Fred C. MacKintosh
At zero temperature, spring networks with connectivity below Maxwell's isostatic threshold undergo a mechanical phase transition from a floppy state at small strains to a rigid sta…
Structural features and nonlinear rheology of self-assembled networks of cross-linked semiflexible polymers
Saamiya Syed, Fred C. MacKintosh, Jordan L. Shivers
Disordered networks of semiflexible filaments are common support structures in biology. Familiar examples include fibrous matrices in blood clots, bacterial biofilms, and essential…
Mechanics of fiber networks under a bulk strain
Sadjad Arzash, Abhinav Sharma, Fred C. MacKintosh
Biopolymer networks are common in biological systems from the cytoskeleton of individual cells to collagen in the extracellular matrix. The mechanics of these systems under applied…
Non-affine deformation of semiflexible polymer and fiber networks
Sihan Chen, Tomer Markovich, Fred C. MacKintosh
Networks of semiflexible or stiff polymers such as most biopolymers are known to deform inhomogeneously when sheared. The effects of such non-affine deformation have been shown to…