Open AccessThe role of material in homogeneities in biological growth
Author(s) -
Alfio Grillo,
G. Zingali,
Salvatore Federico,
Walter Herzog,
G. Giaquinta
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
theoretical and applied mechanics/theoretical and applied mechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2406-0925
pISSN - 1450-5584
DOI - 10.2298/tam0501021g
Subject(s) - isotropy , living matter , brownian motion , brownian dynamics , active matter , statistical physics , continuum mechanics , biochemical engineering , living systems , mechanics , physics , nanotechnology , classical mechanics , computer science , materials science , engineering , biology , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics , microbiology and biotechnology
We investigate the influence of the material in homogeneities that are generated by an isotropic growth on the source of mass acting within a growing living tissue. In order to do that, we need to study the interaction between these material in homogeneities and the chemical agents dissolved within the tissue. For this purpose, we use some ideas and methods from Condensed Matter Physics (e.g., the Path Integral technique employed in modeling Brownian processes) and apply them to the Continuum Mechanics description of volumetric Growth. We believe that this approach may provide new physical insight into the interactions between the macroscopic dynamics of living systems and the evolution of the subsystems which activate biological processes