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A network model for the EPS matrix of microbial biofilms

Alexander E. Ehret,

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Alexander E. Ehret

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Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

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Antonio Bolea Albero,

Antonio Bolea Albero

Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

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Markus Böl,

Markus Böl

Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

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Alexander E. Ehret,

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Alexander E. Ehret

[email protected]

Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

phone +49 531 391 7056, fax +49 531 391 7053Search for more papers by this author

Antonio Bolea Albero,

Antonio Bolea Albero

Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

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Markus Böl,

Markus Böl

Institut für Festkörpermechanik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Schleinitzstraße 20, 38106 Braunschweig

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First published: 03 December 2012

https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201210053

Citations: 1

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We present a constitutive model for microbial biofilms with application to biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa whose EPS contain large amounts of alginate. The EPS matrix is modelled as a transient network of worm-like chains with different types of junctions. The implementation as a nearly incompressible material allows large strain finite element calculations. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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