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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,…
Mechanics and thermodynamics of contractile entropic biopolymer networks
Antoine Jallon, Pierre Recho, Jocelyn Étienne
Contractile biopolymer networks, such as the actomyosin meshwork of animal cells, are ubiquitous in living organisms. The active gel theory, which provides the thermodynamic framew…
On the quasi-static effective behaviour of poroelastic media containing elastic inclusions
Pascale Royer, Pierre Recho, Claude Verdier
The aim of the present study is to derive the effective quasi-static behaviour of a composite medium, made of a poroelastic matrix containing elastic impervious inclusions. For thi…
Mechanical stress as a regulator of cell motility
Thibaut Putelat, Pierre Recho, Lev Truskinovsky
The motility of a cell can be triggered or inhibited not only by an applied force but also by a mechanically neutral force couple. This type of loading, represented by an applied s…