Tube Width Fluctuations in F-Actin Solutions
Soft Condensed Matter
2010-07-15 v3
Abstract
We determine the statistics of the local tube width in F-actin solutions, beyond the usually reported mean value. Our experimental observations are explained by a segment fluid theory based on the binary collision approximation (BCA). In this systematic generalization of the standard mean-field approach effective polymer segments interact via a potential representing the topological constraints. The analytically predicted universal tube width distribution with a stretched tail is in good agreement with the data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.5864,
title = {Tube Width Fluctuations in F-Actin Solutions},
author = {J. Glaser and D. Chakraborty and K. Kroy and I. Lauter and M. Degawa and N. Kirchgeßner and B. Hoffmann and R. Merkel and M. Giesen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5864},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Final version, 5 pages, 4 figures