Author(s): Feodor Hilitski, Andrew R. Ward, Luis Cajamarca, Michael F. Hagan, Gregory M. Grason, and Zvonimir Dogic
A new technique combining imaging and optical trapping of microtubule filaments finds that the free energy between two filaments scales linearly with the applied strain, in violation of Hooke’s law.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 138102] Published Thu Apr 02, 2015