@article {669137,
	title = {A design framework for actively crosslinked filament networks},
	journal = {New Journal of Physics},
	number = {23},
	year = {2021},
	abstract = {Living matter moves, deforms, and organizes itself. In cells this is made possible by networks ofpolymer filaments and crosslinking molecules that connect filaments to each other and that act asmotors to do mechanical work on the network. For the case of highly cross-linked filamentnetworks, we discuss how the material properties of assemblies emerge from the forces exerted bymicroscopic agents. First, we introduce a phenomenological model that characterizes the forcesthat crosslink populations exert between filaments. Second, we derive a theory that predicts thematerial properties of highly crosslinked filament networks, given the crosslinks present. Third, wediscuss which properties of crosslinks set the material properties and behavior of highlycrosslinked cytoskeletal networks. The work presented here, will enable the better understandingof cytoskeletal mechanics and its molecular underpinnings. This theory is also a first step toward atheory of how molecular perturbations impact cytoskeletal organization, and provides aframework for designing cytoskeletal networks with desirable properties in the lab.},
	author = {F{\"u}rthauer, Sebastian and Daniel J. Needleman and Michael J. Shelly}
}
