Deformation of crosslinked semiflexible polymer networks
Deformation of crosslinked semiflexible polymer networks
Motivated by the cellular cytoskeleton, we investigate the mechanical properties of networks of crosslinked semiflexible polymers in two dimensions and at zero temperature. A novel simulation method is constructed which allows us to probe the linear response of such networks to an imposed macroscopic shear. Above a rigidity percolation transition, …