108 citations · 236 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for
6 papers
Towards the cellular-scale simulation of motor-driven cytoskeletal assemblies
Wen Yan, Saad Ansari, Adam Lamson +3
The cytoskeleton -- a collection of polymeric filaments, molecular motors, and crosslinkers -- is a foundational example of active matter, and in the cell assembles into organelles…
Complex dynamics of long, flexible fibers in shear
John LaGrone, Ricardo Cortez, Wen Yan +1
The macroscopic properties of polymeric fluids are inherited from the material properties of the fibers embedded in the solvent. The behavior of such passive fibers in flow has bee…
Anisotropic swim stress in active matter with nematic order
Wen Yan, John F. Brady
Active Brownian Particles (ABPs) transmit a swim pressure to the container boundaries, where is the drag coefficient, is the swim diffusivity a…
The curved kinetic boundary layer of active matter
Wen Yan, John F. Brady
The finite reorient-time of swimmers leads to a finite run length and the kinetic accumulation boundary layer on the microscopic length scale on a non-penetrating wall.…
Connecting macroscopic dynamics with microscopic properties in active microtubule network contraction
Peter J. Foster, Wen Yan, Sebastian Fürthauer +2
The cellular cytoskeleton is an active material, driven out of equilibrium by molecular motor proteins. It is not understood how the collective behaviors of cytoskeletal networks e…
The force on a body in active matter
Wen Yan, John F. Brady
We present a general theory for determining the force (and torque) exerted on a boundary (or body) in active matter. The theory extends the description of passive Brownian colloids…