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Active chemo-mechanical solitons
Lev Truskinovsky, Giuseppe Zurlo
In many biological systems localized mechanical information is transmitted by mechanically neutral chemical signals. Typical examples include contraction waves in acto-myosin corte…
Micro-displacement tensor
Giuseppe Zurlo, Lev Truskinovsky
We propose an extended kinematics of nominally elastic continuum solids allowing one to describe their mechanical interaction with micro-scale loading devices. The main new ingredi…
Active drive towards elastic spinodals
Ayan Roychowdhury, Madan Rao, Lev Truskinovsky
Active matter, exemplified by adaptive living materials such as the actomyosin cytoskeleton, can navigate material parameter space dynamically, leading to unconventional mechanical…
Optimal crawling: from mechanical to chemical actuation
Pierre Recho, Lev Truskinovsky
Taking inspiration from the crawling motion of biological cells on a substrate, we consider a physical model of self-propulsion where the spatio-temporal driving can involve both,…