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Elastometry of Deflated Capsules: Elastic Moduli from Shape and Wrinkle Analysis
Sebastian Knoche, Dominic Vella, Elodie Aumaitre +4
Elastic capsules, prepared from droplets or bubbles attached to a capillary (as in a pendant drop tensiometer), can be deflated by suction through the capillary. We study this defl…
Stiff directed lines in random media
Horst-Holger Boltz, Jan Kierfeld
We investigate the localization of stiff directed lines with bending energy by a short-range random potential. We apply perturbative arguments, Flory scaling arguments, a variation…
Controlling adsorption of semiflexible polymers on planar and curved substrates
Tobias A. Kampmann, Horst-Holger Boltz, Jan Kierfeld
We study the adsorption of semiflexible polymers such as polyelectrolytes or DNA on planar and curved substrates, e.g., spheres or washboard substrates via short-range potentials u…
Cooperative dynamics of microtubule ensembles: Polymerization forces and rescue-induced oscillations
Björn Zelinski, Jan Kierfeld
We investigate the cooperative dynamics of an ensemble of N microtubules growing against an elastic barrier. Microtubules undergo so-called catastrophes, which are abrupt stochasti…