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• Letter | 25 August 2022

  Weak catch bonds make strong networks

  Reconstituted cytoskeleton networks linked with catch bonds display increased mechanical strength and crack resistance than those containing slip bonds, and simultaneously being more deformable, which allows for better adaptability to new mechanical environments.

  • Yuval Mulla
  • , Mario J. Avellaneda
  •  & Gijsje H. Koenderink

• Article | 25 March 2019

  An integrin α_IIbβ₃ intermediate affinity state mediates biomechanical platelet aggregation

  An intermediate affinity state of integrins on platelets has been identified to be induced by a biomechanical activation pathway and is shown to promote platelet aggregation.

  • Yunfeng Chen
  • , Lining Arnold Ju
  •  & Cheng Zhu

• News & Views | 24 July 2018

  A tale about square dancers and maze runners

  Single-particle tracking of nanoparticles dispersed in the cytoplasm of living cells shows that non-specific interactions with the intracellular environment are the major contributors for the anomalous diffusion characteristics of intracellular motion.

  • Matthias Weiss

• Article | 02 July 2018

  Non-specific interactions govern cytosolic diffusion of nanosized objects in mammalian cells

  Nanoparticle diffusion in the cytoplasm of living cells strongly deviates from random motion. Single-particle tracking analysis show that this is due to non-specific interactions with intracellular components.

  • Fred Etoc
  • , Elie Balloul
  •  & Mathieu Coppey

• Research Highlights | 20 May 2015

  Fretted diffusion

  • Pep Pàmies