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Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels

Cornelis Storm, Jennifer J. Pastore, F. C. MacKintosh, T. C. Lubensky & Paul A. Janmey

Nature 435, 191-194(12 May 2005)

doi:10.1038/nature03521

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Figure 1

Neurofilament and fibrin protofibril networks.

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Dynamic shear storage moduli measured at different strain amplitudes for a series of crosslinked biopolymer networks.

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Scaled modulus–strain curves for various biopolymer networks compared to theory and the scaled force–extension relation for a semiflexible polymer.

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Figure 4

Experimental data for fibrin protofilaments (dots) at various concentrations, and corresponding theoretical curves (solid lines) as computed from the extended theory including a stretch modulus.

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