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Multi-scale microrheology using fluctuating filaments as stealth probes
Kengo Nishi, Fred C. MacKintosh, Christoph F. Schmidt
The mechanical properties of soft materials can be probed on small length scales by various microrheology methods. A common approach tracks fluctuations of micrometer-sized beads e…
Rapid local compression in active gels is caused by nonlinear network response
D. Mizuno, C. Tardin, C. F. Schmidt
The actin cytoskeleton in living cells generates forces in conjunction with myosin motor proteins to directly and indirectly drive essential cellular processes. The semiflexible fi…
A symmetrical method to obtain shear moduli from microrheology
Kengo Nishi, Maria L. Kilfoil, Christoph F. Schmidt +1
Passive microrheology typically deduces shear elastic loss and storage moduli from displacement time series or mean-squared displacement (MSD) of thermally fluctuating probe partic…
Topology determines force distributions in one-dimensional random spring networks
Knut M. Heidemann, Andrew O. Sageman-Furnas, Abhinav Sharma +3
Networks of elastic fibers are ubiquitous in biological systems and often provide mechanical stability to cells and tissues. Fiber reinforced materials are also common in technolog…
Topology counts: force distributions in circular spring networks
Knut M. Heidemann, Andrew O. Sageman-Furnas, Abhinav Sharma +3
Filamentous polymer networks govern the mechanical properties of many biological materials. Force distributions within these networks are typically highly inhomogeneous and, althou…
Nonequilibrium dynamics of probe filaments in actin-myosin networks
Jannes Gladrow, Chase P. Broedersz, Christoph F. Schmidt
Active dynamic processes of cells are largely driven by the cytoskeleton, a complex and adaptable semiflexible polymer network, motorized by mechanoenzymes. Small dimensions, confi…