3 papers
q-bio.SC2005
Continuum Description of the Cytoskeleton: Ring Formation in the Cell Cortex
Alexander Zumdieck, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Catalin Tanase +4
Motivated by the formation of ring-like filament structures in the cortex of plant and animal cells, we study the dynamics of a two-dimensional layer of cytoskeletal filaments and…
cond-mat.soft2004
Entropy-induced Microphase Separation in Hard Diblock Copolymers
Paul P. F. Wessels, Bela M. Mulder
Whereas entropy can induce phase behavior that is as rich as seen in energetic systems, microphase separation remains a very rare phenomenon in entropic systems. In this paper, we…
cond-mat.soft2004
Cubatic phase for tetrapods
Ronald Blaak, Bela M. Mulder, Daan Frenkel
We investigate the phase behavior of tetrapods, hard non-convex bodies formed by 4 rods connected under tetrahedral angles. We predict that, depending on the relative lengths of th…