Negative tension controls stability and structure of intermediate filament networks

Abstract Networks, whose junctions are free to move along the edges, such as two-dimensional soap froths and membrane tubular networks of endoplasmic reticulum are intrinsically unstable. This instability is a result of a positive tension applied to the network elements. A paradigm of networks exhib...

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Main Authors: Ehud Haimov, Michael Urbakh, Michael M. Kozlov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02536-0