Poroelasticity and permeability of fibrous polymer networks under compression.

ABSTRACT: Soft biopolymer networks play pivotal roles in governing cellular mechanics, tissue structure, and physiological processes such as blood coagulation. Understanding their permeability and mechanical responses under compression is crucial for elucidating mass transport phenomena and their impact on extra- and intra-cellular behavior as well as processes affecting functionality of blood clots, cartilage and other fibrous tissues. The nonlinear responses of these networks to mechanical stresses prevent application of established linear poro-elasticity models. Despite extensive studies of fibrous network viscoelastic properties under shear deformations, their dynamic responses to compressive deformations remain poorly understood, particularly in physiological contexts of growth and collective m

SUBMITTER: Mollenkopf P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11841696 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature