2015-03-06
Anomalous discontinuity at the percolation critical point of active gels
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Publication
Phys. Rev. Lett. , Volume 114 - Issue 9, Article number: 98104 p. 1- 8
We develop a percolation model motivated by recent experimental studies of gels with active network remodeling by molecular motors. This remodeling was found to lead to a critical state reminiscent of random percolation (RP), but with a cluster distribution inconsistent with RP. Our model not only can account for these experiments, but also exhibits an unusual type of mixed phase transition: We find that the transition is characterized by signatures of criticality, but with a discontinuity in the order parameter.
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| American Physical Society (APS) | |
| doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.098104 | |
| Phys. Rev. Lett. | |
| Organisation | Biological Soft Matter-Former Group |
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Sheinman, M., Sharma, A., Alvarado, J., Koenderink, G., & MacKintosh, F. (2015). Anomalous discontinuity at the percolation critical point of active gels. Phys. Rev. Lett., 114(9, Article number: 98104), 1–8. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.098104 |
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