Jocelyn Etienne – research<p>Our article on the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mechanics</span></a> of "active" entropic biopolymer networks [possibly including <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/actomyosin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>actomyosin</span></a>, this is debated experimentally] is now published in J Elas.</p><p>Compared to enthalpic models, we're able to go right from the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thermodynamics</span></a> of an unbiased <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/molecularMotor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>molecularMotor</span></a> activity (in the spirit of the model by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JacquesProst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JacquesProst</span></a> for <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/myosin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>myosin</span></a>) at the molecular scale to a network-scale model in a closed form.</p><p>And we derive a method for solving quite easily the (usually tough) <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/viscoelastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>viscoelastic</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/liquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>liquid</span></a> model that we obtain, using <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/deformationGradientDecomposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>deformationGradientDecomposition</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-024-10102-8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1007/s10659-024-101</span><span class="invisible">02-8</span></a> <br />(I share a paywall-free link to my followers below, but it's also on arXiv: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07287" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2405.07287</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and on my webpage <a href="https://liphy-annuaire.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/pages_personnelles/jocelyn_etienne/papers.html#Jallon+Etienne.2025.1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liphy-annuaire.univ-grenoble-a</span><span class="invisible">lpes.fr/pages_personnelles/jocelyn_etienne/papers.html#Jallon+Etienne.2025.1</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cytoskeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cytoskeleton</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cell</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/tissue" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tissue</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/morphogenesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>morphogenesis</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/activeMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>activeMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/livingMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>livingMatter</span></a></p>