Clots reveal anomalous elastic behavior of fiber networks
A. Zakharov, M. Awan, T. Cheng, A. Gopinath, S.-J. Lee, A. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, K. Dasbiswas
This study investigates the nonlinear elastic behavior of blood clots using microscopy, rheology, and an elastic network model, revealing how crosslinking and platelet contraction affect force propagation and mechanical response.
bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2023Biophysics