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

Transmission of mechanical force is crucial for normal cell development and functioning.
However, the process of mechanotransduction cannot be studied in isolation from cell …

Cells generate and sustain mechanical forces within their environment as part of their
normal physiology. They are active materials that can detect mechanical stimulation by the …

The relationship between the mechanical properties of cells and their molecular architecture
has been the focus of extensive research for decades. The cytoskeleton, an internal polymer …

Hydrogels are increasingly employed as multidimensional cell culture platforms often with a
necessity that they respond to or control the cellular environment. Specifically, synthetic …

In microrheology, the local and bulk mechanical properties of a complex fluid are extracted
from the motion of probe particles embedded within it. In passive microrheology, particles …

Branched actin networks—created by the Arp2/3 complex, capping protein, and a nucleation
promoting factor—generate and transmit forces required for many cellular processes, but …

To elucidate the dynamic and functional role of a cell within the tissue it belongs to, it is
essential to understand its material properties. The cell is a viscoelastic material with highly …

The viscoelastic properties of human kidney cell lines from different tumor types (carcinoma
(A-498) and adenocarcinoma (ACHN)) are compared to a non-tumorigenic cell line (RC …

The research focus of the foams has recently been shifting from using inorganic materials to
biological origin materials (especially edible materials) for stabilization. The motivation for …