Research interests
I am currently doing a PhD on the properties of cross-linked semi-flexible
networks under the supervision of Prof. Eugene Terentjev.
Cross-linked semi-flexible networks occur in many biologically relevent
systems including
the cytoskeleton of cells, blood clots, and blood vessels. The properties of
these networks - such as strain stiffening - are crucial to their function,
understanding the physics of such networks is therefore an active research
area. A nice article summarizing recent (2006) progress in this field can be
found here
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At present, I am focussing on the zero frequency elastic modulus of the
network
in equilibrium, although we hope to also look at the non-equilibrium behaviour,
and the properties around the rigidity transition. For more details see research
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An SEM image of the fibrin network that makes up a blood clot, shown in
blue.(Credit: Yuri Veklich and John W. Weisel, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine)
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