Nematic liquid crystals formed by living amoeboid cells

H. Gruler (), U. Dewald and M. Eberhardt

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 1999, vol. 11, issue 1, 187-192

Abstract: 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. Copyright Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 1999

Keywords: PACS. 87.19.Rr Mechanical properties of tissues and organs; 87.19.St Movement and locomotion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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