This is an overview of theoretical approaches to semiflexible polymers and their networks.
Such semiflexible polymers have large bending rigidities that can compete with the entropic …

Living systems operate far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Enzymatic activity can induce
broken detailed balance at the molecular scale. This molecular scale breaking of detailed …

Disordered fibre networks are the basis of many man-made and natural materials, including
structural components of living cells and tissue. The mechanical stability of such networks …

Single and collective cell migration are fundamental processes critical for physiological
phenomena ranging from embryonic development and immune response to wound healing and …

Systems in thermodynamic equilibrium are not only characterized by time-independent
macroscopic properties, but also satisfy the principle of detailed balance in the transitions …

Animal cells in tissues are supported by biopolymer matrices, which typically exhibit highly
nonlinear mechanical properties. While the linear elasticity of the matrix can significantly …

The standard approach for the search of new hydrogen-storage materials is to synthesize
bulk samples and to use volumetric [1, 2] or gravimetric [3] techniques to follow their …

Intermediate filaments are common structural elements found in abundance in all metazoan
cells, where they form networks that contribute to the elasticity. Here, we report …

… which p b ≃ 0.45 and p cf ≃ 0.65 , and 3D face-centered cubic lattices with p b ≃ 0.27 and p
… Because the network displays singular behavior in the vicinity of p b and p cf , here we focus …

Recent experiments show that networks of stiff biopolymers cross-linked by transient linker
proteins exhibit complex stress relaxation, enabling network flow at long times. We present a …