http://imechanica.org/node/650 Comments for "Nonlinear elasticity of biological gels" en http://imechanica.org/node/650 <p>I would like to propose the recent papers by Janmey, P.A., and coworkers on the nonlinear elasticity behavior of biopolymer gels for &quot;biomechanics&quot; issue in J Club. In their original work, they proposed the biopolymer network model composed of semi-flexible polymers that behave like a worm-like-chain (WLC) model. Their models surprisingly capture the mechanical response of biopolymer gels such as neuro-filaments. The details of their work are as follows:</p> <p>Storm, C., Pastore, J.J., MacKintosh, F.C., Lubensky, T.C., and Janmey, P.A<em>., Nature</em>, <strong>435</strong>, p191 (2005)</p> <p>Janmey, P.A., McCormick, M.E., Rammensee, S., Leight, J.L., Georges, P.C., and MacKintosh, F.C., <em>Nature Materials</em>, <strong>6</strong>, p48 (2007)  </p> <br class="clear" /> http://imechanica.org/node/650#comments Biomechanics Forum research biopolymer gels Nonlinear elasticity semi-flexible polymer network Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:23:59 -0500 Kilho Eom 650 at http://imechanica.org