Figure 6.

Irreversible deformation of actin networks with unbinding or unfolding. (A) Evolution of shear strain (γ) in time. The top surface of the computational domain was sheared up to γ = 1.0 with various ${\dot{\gamma }}_{\text{eff}}$ (legend), and then released. Lines represent the control case, with no unbinding or unfolding (dashed line), and fits using Eq. 10 (dotted lines). (B) Average displacements of ACPs between the original network and the network at t = 2 s in A. The numbers on the x axis represent ${\dot{\gamma }}_{\text{eff}}$. (inset) The restoring force (F_r) governing dγ/dt during free relaxation is plotted using the same symbols as in A. Dashed line indicates F_r ∼ exp(11.5γ).