Extensions of the worm-like-chain model to tethered active filaments under tension

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Xinyu LiaoArvind Gopinath

Abstract

Intracellular elastic filaments such as microtubules are subject to thermal Brownian noise and active noise generated by molecular motors that convert chemical energy into mechanical work. Similarly, polymers in living fluids such as bacterial suspensions and swarms suffer bending deformations as they interact with single bacteria or with cell clusters. Often, these filaments perform mechanical functions and interact with their networked environment through cross-links or have other similar constraints placed on them. Here, we examine the mechanical properties-under tension-of such constrained active filaments under canonical boundary conditions motivated by experiments. Fluctuations in the filament shape are a consequence of two types of random forces-thermal Brownian forces and activity derived forces with specified time and space correlation functions. We derive force-extension relationships and expressions for the mean square deflections for tethered filaments under various boundary conditions including hinged and clamped constraints. The expressions for hinged-hinged boundary conditions are reminiscent of the worm-like-chain model and feature effective bending moduli and mode-dependent non-thermodynamic effective temperatu...Continue Reading

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