Nematic liquid crystals formed by living amoeboid cells

被引：74

作者：

Gruler, H ^{[1
]}

Dewald, U ^{[1
]}

Eberhardt, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ulm, Dept Biophys, Complex Fluids Grp, D-89069 Ulm, Germany

来源：

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B | 1999年 / 11卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1007/s100510050928

中图分类号：

O469 [凝聚态物理学];

学科分类号：

070205 ;

摘要：

Interacting cells have the ability to form liquid crystal phases: (i) A cluster of a polar nematic liquid crystal is formed by cells which emit molecules for attracting other cells and (ii) an apolar nematic liquid crystal is formed by elongated cells which have an anisotropic steric repulsion. The angle distribution function is predicted by using the characteristics of an automatic controller where the extracellular guiding field is approximated by two-dimensional mean-field. The nematic liquid crystal state is quite well described by the model.

引用

页码：187 / 192

页数：6

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