PREPRINTS:

YC Lin, GH Koenderink, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Control of nonlinear elasticity in actin networks with microtubules
preprint.

M Das and FC MacKintosh
Poisson's ratio in composite elastic media with rigid rods
preprint.

J Liu, KE Kasza, GH Koenderink, D Vader, CP Broedersz, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Microscopic origins of nonlinear elasticity of biopolymer networks
preprint.

IK Piechocka, M Bacabac, M Potters, FC MacKintosh, GH Koenderink
Structural hierarchy governs fibrin gel mechanics
Biophysical Journal, in press.

NY Yao, CP Broedersz, YC Lin, KE Kasza, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Elasticity in ionically cross-linked neurofilament networks
Biophysical Journal, in press.

B van den Broek, MC Noom, J van Mameren, C Battle, FC MacKintosh, GJL Wuite
Visualizing the formation and collapse of DNA toroids
Biophysical Journal, in press.

2010:

LC Kapitein, MA Schlager, M Kuijpers, PS Wulf, M van Spronsen, FC MacKintosh, CC Hogenraad
Mixed microtubules steer dynein-driven cargo transport into dendrites
Current Biology, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.052.

FC MacKintosh and CF Schmidt
Active cellular materials
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, doi:10:1016/j.ceb.2010.01.002 (2010).

YC Lin, NY Yao, C Broedersz, H Herrmann, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Origins of elasticity in intermediate filament networks
Physical Review Letters, 104: 058101 (2010).

D Sept and FC MacKintosh
Microtubule elasticity: connecting all-atom simulations with continuum mechanics
Physical Review Letters, 104: 018101 (2010).

2009:

C Battle, B van den Broek, MC Noom, J van Mameren, GJL Wuite, FC MacKintosh
Unraveling DNA tori under tension
Physical Review E, 80: 031917 (2009).

CP Brangwynne, GH Koenderink, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Intracellular transport by active diffusion
Trends in Cell Biology, 19: 423 (2009).

GH Koenderink, Z Dogic, F Nakamura, PM Bendix, FC MacKintosh, JH Hartwig, TP Stossel, DA Weitz
An active biopolymer network controlled by molecular motors
Proc Nat Acad Sci, 106: 15192 (2009).

CP Broedersz, C Storm, FC MacKintosh
Effective medium approach for stiff polymer networks with flexible cross-links
Physical Review E, 79: 061914 (2009).

KE Kasza, GH Koenderink, YC Lin, CP Broedersz, W Messner, F Nakamura, TP Stossel, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz,
Nonlinear elasticity of stiff biopolymers connected by flexible linkers
Physical Review E, 79: 041928 (2009).

E Conti and FC MacKintosh
Crosslinked networks of stiff polymers exhibit negative normal stress
Physical Review Letters, 102: 088102 (2009).

H Kang, Q Wen, PA Janmey, JX Tang, E Conti and FC MacKintosh
Non-linear elasticity of stiff filament networks: strain stiffening, negative normal stress, and filament alignment in fibrin gels
J Phys Chem, 113: 3799 (2009).

AJ Levine and FC MacKintosh
The mechanics and fluctuation spectrum of active gels
J Phys Chem, 113: 3820 (2009). (preprint)

2008:

S Jabbari-Farouji, M Atakhorram, D Mizuno, E Eiser, GH Wegdam, FC MacKintosh, D Bonn, CF Schmidt
High-bandwidth viscoelastic properties of aging colloidal glasses and gels
Physical Review E, 78:061402 (2008).

CP Brangwynne, GH Koenderink, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Cytoplasmic diffusion: molecular motors mix it up
J Cell Biology, 183: 583-587 (2008).

D Mizuno, DA Head, FC MacKintosh and CF Schmidt
Active and passive microrheology in equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems
Macromolecules, 41:7194 (2008).

S Jabbari-Farouji, D Mizuno, D Derks, GH Wegdam, FC MacKintosh, CF Schmidt, D Bonn
Effective temperatures from the fluctuation-dissipation measurements in soft glassy materials
Europhysics Letters, 84:20006 (2008).

M Das, AJ Levine, FC MacKintosh
Buckling and force propagation along intracellular microtubules
Europhysics Letters, 84:18003 (2008)

CP Broedersz, C Storm, FC MacKintosh
Nonlinear elasticity of composite networks of stiff biopolymers with flexible linkers
Physical Review Letters, 101: 118103 (2008).

RG Bacabac, D Mizuno, CF Schmidt, FC MacKintosh, JJWA van Loon, J Klein-Nulend, TH Smit
Round versus flat: Bone cell morphology, elasticity, and mechanosensing
Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 1590 (2008).

M Atakhorram, D Mizuno, GH Koenderink, TB Liverpool, FC MacKintosh, CF Schmidt
Short-time inertial response of viscoelastic fluids measured with Brownian motion and
with active probes
Physical Review E, 77: 061508 (2008).

CP Brangwynne, GH Koenderink, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Non-equilibrium microtubule fluctuations in a model cytoskeleton
Physical Review Letters, 100:118104 (2008).

FC MacKintosh and AJ Levine
Non-equilibrium mechanics and dynamics of motor-activated gels
Physical Review Letters, 100:018104 (2008).

2007:

CP Brangwynne, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Force fluctuations and polymerization dynamics of intracellular microtubules
PNAS, 104:16128 (2007).

Y.-C. Lin, G.H. Koenderink, F.C. MacKintosh, D.A. Weitz
Viscoelastic properties of microtubule networks
Macromolecules, 40:7714 (2007).

M Das, FC MacKintosh, and AJ Levine
Effective medium theory of semiflexible filamentous networks
Physical Review Letters, 99:038101 (2007).

J Liu, GH Koenderink, KE Kasza, FC MacKintosh, DA Weitz
Visualizing the strain field in semiflexible polymer networks: strain fluctuations and nonlinear rheology of F-actin gels
Physical Review Letters, 98:198304 (2007).

CP Brangwynne, GH Koenderink, E Barry, Z Dogic, FC MacKintosh and DA Weitz
Bending dynamics of fluctuating biopolymers probed by automated high-resolution filament tracking

Biophysical Journal, 93:346 (2007).

D Mizuno, C Tardin, CF Schmidt, FC MacKintosh
Nonequilibrium mechanics of active cytoskeletal networks
Science, 315:370. (2007) (abstract and full text)

PA Janmey, ME McCormick, S Rammensee, JL Leight, PC Georges, and FC MacKintosh
Negative normal stress in semiflexible biopolymer gels
Nature Materials, 6: 48 (2007).

S Jabbari-Farouji, D Mizuno, M Atakhorrami, FC MacKintosh, CF Schmidt, E Eiser, GH Wegdam, D Bonn
Fluctuation-dissipation theorem in an aging colloidal glass
Physical Review Letters, 98:108302 (2007).

2006:

A Vatsa, D Mizuno, TH Smit, CF Schmidt, FC MacKintosh, J Klein-Nulend
Bio imaging of intracellular nitric oxide production in single bone cells after mechanical stimulation
J Bone and Mineral Research 21:1722 (2006).

V.D. Gordon, P.A. Beales, Z. Zhao, C. Blake, F.C. MacKintosh, P.D. Olmsted, M.E. Cates, S.U. Egelhaaf, and W.C. K. Poon, Lipid organization and the morphology of solid-like domains in phase-separating binary lipid membranes
J Phys Cond Matt 18: L415 (2006).

IAT Schaap, C Carrasco, PJ de Pablo, FC MacKintosh and CF Schmidt
Elastic response, buckling, and instability of microtubules under radial indentation
Biophysical Journal 91:1521 (2006).

CP Brangwynne, FC MacKintosh, S Kumar, L Mahadevan, N Geisse, KK Parker, DE Ingber, DA Weitz
Compressive buckling of reinforced microtubules and the composite network behavior of living cells
J Cell Biology 173: 733-741 (2006).

M. Atakhorrami, J.I. Kwieciñska, K.M. Addas, G.H. Koenderink, J.X. Tang, A.J. Levine, F.C. MacKintosh, and C.F. Schmidt
Correlated fluctuations of microparticles in viscoelastic solutions: quantitative measurement of material properties by microrheology in the presence of optical traps
Physical Review E, 73: 061501 (2006).

G.H. Koenderink, M. Atakhorrami, F.C. MacKintosh, and C.F. Schmidt
High-frequency stress relaxation in semiflexible polymer solutions and networks
Physical Review Letters 96: 138307 (2006).

2005:

DA Head, AJ Levine, FC MacKintosh
The mechanical response of semiflexible networks to localized perturbations
Physical Review E 72: 061914 (2005).

M. Atakhorrami, G.H. Koenderink, C.F. Schmidt, and F.C. MacKintosh
Short-time inertial response of viscoelastic fluids: observation of vortex propagation
Phys Rev Lett 95: 208302 (2005). (PDF)

TB Liverpool and FC MacKintosh
Inertial effects in the response of viscous and viscoelastic fluids
Phys Rev Lett 95: 208303 (2005). (PDF)

JS van Zon and FC MacKintosh
Velocity distributions in dilute granular systems
Phys Rev E 72: 051301 (2005). (PDF)

C Storm, J Pastore, FC MacKintosh, TC Lubensky and PA Janmey
Nonlinear elasticity in biological gels
Nature 435: 191 (2005). (Link)

JL Harden, FC MacKintosh, and PD Olmsted
Budding and domain shape transformations in mixed lipid films and bilayer membranes
Physical Review E 72, 011903 (2005). (PDF)

M. Buchanan, M. Atakhorrami, J. F. Palierne, F. C. MacKintosh, and C. F. Schmidt
High-frequency microrheology of wormlike micelles
Phys Rev E 72, 011504 (2005). (PDF)

AJ Levine, DA Head, FC MacKintosh
Stress strain relations in semiflexible networks
Proc. XIVth Int. Congr. on Rheology (PDF)

2004:

ML Gardel, JH Shin, FC MacKintosh, L Mahadevan, PA Matsudaira, DA Weitz
Scaling of F-actin network rheology to probe single filament elasticity and dynamics
Phys Rev Lett 93, 188102 (2004). (PDF)

ML Gardel, JH Shin, FC MacKintosh, L Mahadevan, P Matsudaira, DA Weitz
Elastic behavior of crosslinked and bundled actin networks
Science 304: 1301 (2004). (Link)

JS van Zon and FC MacKintosh
Velocity distributions in dissipative granular gases
Phys Rev Lett 93, 038001 (2004). (PDF)

AJ Levine, TB Liverpool, FC MacKintosh
Dynamics of rigid and flexible extended bodies in viscous films and membranes
Phys Rev Lett 93, 038102 (2004). (PDF)

IL Ivanovska, PJ de Pablo, B Ibarra, G Sgalari, FC MacKintosh, JL Carrascosa, CF Schmidt and GJL Wuite
Bacteriophage capsids: tough nano-shells with complex elastic properties
PNAS 101, 7600 (2004). (Link)

AJ Levine, DA Head, FC MacKintosh
Deformation field in semiflexible networks
J Phys: Cond Mat 16: S2079 (2004).(PDF)

AJ Levine, TB Liverpool, FC MacKintosh
Mobility of extended bodies in viscous films and membranes
Physical Review E 69, 021503 (2004). (PDF)

A Montesi, M Pasquali, FC MacKintosh
Collapse of a semiflexible polymer in poor solvent
Physical Review E 69, 021916 (2004). (PDF)

2003:

DA Head, AJ Levine, FC MacKintosh
Distinct regimes of elastic response and deformation modes of cross-linked cytoskeletal and semiflexible polymer networks
Physical Review E 68, 061907 (2003). (PDF)

PJ de Pablo, IAT Schaap, FC MacKintosh, CF Schmidt
Deformation and buckling of microtubules on the nanometer scale
Physical Review Letters 91: 098101 (2003).(PDF)

DA Head, FC MacKintosh, AJ Levine
Non–universality of elastic exponents in random bond–bending networks
Physical Review E 68, 025101(R) (2003). (PDF)

DA Head, AJ Levine, FC MacKintosh
Deformation of crosslinked semiflexible polymer networks
Physical Review Letters 91 108102 (2003).(PDF)

AJ Levine and FC MacKintosh
Dynamics of viscoelastic membranes
Phys Rev E 66, 061606 (2002). (PDF)

B Schnurr, F Gittes, FC MacKintosh
Metastable intermediates in the condensation of semiflexible polymers
Phys Rev E 65, 061904 (2002). (PDF)

C-M Chen, CF Schmidt, PD Olmsted, and FC MacKintosh
Instability of myelin tubes under dehydration: Deswelling of layered cylindrical structures
Phys. Rev. E 64, 050903(R) (2001). (PDF)

E Helfer, S Harlepp, L Bourdieu, J Robert, FC MacKintosh, and D Chatenay
Viscoelastic properties of actin coated membranes
Phys Rev E 63, 021904 (2001). (PDF)

B Schnurr, FC MacKintosh, and DRM Williams
Dynamical intermediates in the collapse of semiflexible polymers in poor solvents
Europhys Lett, 51, 279 –285 (2000). (PDF)

RE Mahaffy, CK Shih, FC MacKintosh, and J Kas
Scanning Probe-Based Frequency-Dependent Microrheology of Polymer Gels and Biological Cells
Phys Rev Lett 85, 880 (2000). (PDF)

E Helfer, S Harlepp, L Bourdieu, J Robert, FC MacKintosh, and D Chatenay
Microrheology of Biopolymer-Membrane Complexes
Phys Rev Lett 85, 457 (2000). (PDF)

FC MacKintosh and CF Schmidt
Microrheology
Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 4, 300-307 (1999). (PDF)

R Oda, I Huc, M Schmutz, SJ Candau, and FC MacKintosh
Tuning bilayer twist using chiral counterions
Nature 399, 566 (1999).

F Gittes and FC MacKintosh
Dynamic shear modulus of a semiflexible polymer network
Phys Rev E 58, R1241 (1998). (PDF)

B. Schnurr, F Gittes, FC MacKintosh, and CF Schmidt,
Determining microscopic viscoelasticity in flexible and semiflexible polymer networks from thermal fluctuations
Macromolecules 30, 7781-7792 (1997). (PDF)

F. Gittes, B Schnurr, PD Olmsted, FC MacKintosh, and CF Schmidt
Microscopic Viscoelasticity: Shear Moduli of Soft Materials Determined from Thermal Flucuations
Phys Rev Lett 79, 3286 (1997). (PDF)

C-M Chen, P Higgs, and FC MacKintosh
Theory of fission for two-component lipid vesicles
Phys Rev Lett 79, 1579 (1997). (PDF)

FC MacKintosh
Internal structures in membranes: ripples, hats, saddles, and egg cartons
Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2, 382 (1997).

FC MacKintosh and PA Janmey
Actin Gels
Current Opinion in Solid State & Material Science, 2, 350 (1997).

PD Olmsted and FC MacKintosh
Instability and Front Propagation in Lipid Bilayer Tubules
Journal de Physique II 7, 139 (1997).

DRM Williams and FC MacKintosh
Driven Granular Media
Phys. Rev. E 54, R9 (1996). (PDF)

C-M Chen and FC MacKintosh
Theory of Modulated Phases in Lipid Bilayers and Liquid Crystal Films
Phys. Rev. E 53, 4933 (1996).

JV Selinger, FC MacKintosh, and JM Schnur
Theory of Cylindrical Tubules and Helical Ribbons of Chiral Lipid Membranes
Phys. Rev. E 53, 5804 (1996). (PDF)

FC MacKintosh, J Kas, and P Janmey
Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4425 (1995). (PDF)

DRM Williams and FC MacKintosh
Polymer Mushrooms Compressed Under Curved Surfaces
Journal de Physique II 5, 1407 (1995).

C-M Chen, FC MacKintosh, and DRM Williams
Swelling Kinetics of Layered Structures: Triblock Copolymer Mesogels
Langmuir 11, 2471 (1995).

C-M Chen and FC MacKintosh
Structural phase transitions in liquid crystal films induced by an applied electric field
Europhysics Letters 30, 215 (1995).

C-M Chen, TC Lubensky, and FC MacKintosh
Phase transitions and modulated phases in lipid bilayers
Phys. Rev. E 51, 504 (1995).

JL Harden and FC MacKintosh
Shape Transformations of Domains in Mixed Fluid Films and Bilayer Membranes
Europhysics Letters 28, 495 (1994).

DRM Williams and FC MacKintosh
Shear of Diblock Copolymer Lamellae: Width Changes and Undulational Instabilities
Macromolecules 27, 7677 (1994).

TC Lubensky and FC MacKintosh
Theory of "Ripple" Phases of Lipid Bilayers
Phys Rev Lett 71, 1565 (1993).

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