Adhesion of soft objects(*)

La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (1971-1977) - Tập 29 - Trang 35-47 - 2006
P.-G. de Gennes1
1Collège de France & Institut Curie, Paris Cedex 05, France

Tóm tắt

Living cells are often able to recognize some partners, and to stick to them. Over the past 30 years, various families of proteins specific of these processes have been identified. Understanding the adhesion process is important in various fields, ranging from embryology to biomedical studies. From a physical point of view, these problems are novel:

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