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cond-mat.soft2021★ 11 cited
Theoretical rheo-physics of silk: Intermolecular associations reduce the critical specific work for flow-induced crystallisation
Charley Schaefer, Tom C. B. McLeish
Silk is a semi-dilute solution of randomly coiled associating polypeptide chains that crystallise following the stretch-induced disruption, in the strong extensional flow of extrus…
q-bio.BM2021★ 142 cited
Membraneless organelles formed by liquid-liquid phase separation increase bacterial fitness
Xin Jin, Ji-Eun Lee, Charley Schaefer +10
Liquid-liquid phase separation is emerging as a crucial phenomenon in several fundamental cell processes. A range of eukaryotic systems exhibit liquid condensates. However, their f…