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Mechanics of Microfilaments Networks: A Cross-Scales Study

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The mechanical properties of microfilament networks are systematically summarized at different special scales in this paper. We have presented the mechanical models of single microfilaments and microfilament networks at microscale. By adopting a coarse-grained simulation strategy, the mechanical stability of microfilaments related cellular structures are analysed. Structural analysis is conducted to microfilament networks to understand the stress relaxation under compression. The nanoscale molecular mechanisms of the microfilaments deformation is also summarized from the viewpoint of molecular dynamics simulation. This paper provides the fundaments of multiscale modelling framework for the mechanical behaviours simulation of hierarchical microfilament networks.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 553)

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Tong Li*, Yuan Tong Gu, Bao Cheng Zhang

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Actin, Coarse-Grained, Continuum Mechanics, Microfilament, Molecular Dynamic (MD)

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