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Poroelasticity of (bio)polymer networks during compression: theory and experiment
Melle T. J. J. M. Punter, Bart E. Vos, Bela M. Mulder +1
Soft living tissues like cartilage can be considered as biphasic materials comprised of a fibrous complex biopolymer network and a viscous background liquid. Here, we show by a com…
Scratching a 50-year itch with elongated rods
Ramon Creyghton, Bela Mulder
The classical Oseen-Frank theory of liquid crystal elasticity is based on the experimentally verified fact that there are three independent modes of distortion, each with its assoc…
On the size and shape of excluded volume polymers confined between parallel plates
Debasish Chaudhuri, Bela Mulder
A number of recent experiments have provided detailed observations of the configurations of long DNA strands under nano-to-micrometer sized confinement. We therefore revisit the pr…
Designing colloidal ground state patterns using short-range isotropic interactions
Simon H. Tindemans, Bela M. Mulder
DNA-coated colloids are a popular model system for self-assembly through tunable interactions. The DNA-encoded linkages between particles theoretically allow for very high specific…
A model for the orientational ordering of the plant microtubule cortical array
Rhoda J. Hawkins, Simon H. Tindemans, Bela M. Mulder
The plant microtubule cortical array is a striking feature of all growing plant cells. It consists of a more or less homogeneously distributed array of highly aligned microtubules…
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…