# Anomalous discontinuity at the percolation critical point of active gels.

@article{Sheinman2014AnomalousDA,
title={Anomalous discontinuity at the percolation critical point of active gels.},
author={Michael Sheinman and A. Sharma and Jos{\'e} Alvarado and Gijsje Hendrika Koenderink and Fred C. MacKintosh},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2014},
volume={114 9},
pages={
098104
}
}
• Published 4 February 2014
• Biology
• Physical review letters
We develop a percolation model motivated by recent experimental studies of gels with active network remodeling by molecular motors. This remodeling was found to lead to a critical state reminiscent of random percolation (RP), but with a cluster distribution inconsistent with RP. Our model not only can account for these experiments, but also exhibits an unusual type of mixed phase transition: We find that the transition is characterized by signatures of criticality, but with a discontinuity in…
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