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Simulations predict that cell spreading on stress relaxing substrates is associated with flow and plastic deformation of the adhesion substrate. (a) Cartoon of cell spreading on elastic substrate or substrate with stress relaxation. (b) Simulation results for lead node spacing as a function of substrate stiffness for elastic substrates, and stress relaxing substrates with the indicated Burger’s model Maxwell damping coefficient (η1).
