Mechanics of Swelling: From Clays to Living Cells and Tissues

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Flow and Volume Change in Soils and Other Porous Media, and in Tissues....Pages 3-31
Water Movement and Volume Change in Swelling Systems....Pages 33-48
Thermodynamics of Soils Swelling Non-Hydrostatically....Pages 49-77
Operational Aspects of the Mechanics of Deforming Porous Media: Theory and Application to Expansive Soils....Pages 79-96
The Osmotic Role in the behavior of Swelling Clay Soils....Pages 97-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Osmotic Adjustment in Plant Cells Exposed to Drought and Temperature Stress: Can a Cause and Effect Hypothesis be Formulated and Tested?....Pages 143-164
On the Kinematics and Dynamics of Plant Growth....Pages 165-177
Regeneration in the Root Apex; Modelling Study by Means of the Growth Tensor....Pages 179-191
Daily Variations of Stem and Branch Diameter: Short Overview from a Developed Example....Pages 193-204
Physical Principles of Membrane Damage due to Dehydration and Freezing....Pages 205-224
Ion Channels in the Plasma Membrane of Plant Cells....Pages 225-236
The Effects of Low O 2 Concentration and Azide on the Water Relations of Wheat and Maize Roots....Pages 237-256
The Expansion of Plant Tissues....Pages 257-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
MDCK Cells Under Severely Hypoosmotic Conditions....Pages 267-292
Osmotic Swelling-Pressurization-Rupture of Isolated Cells and Disjoining of Cell Aggregates in Soft Tissues....Pages 293-313
Endocrine Pituitary Cell Cultures: Cellular Morphology, Protein Secretion, and Susceptibility to Weak Bases and Ionophores....Pages 315-332
Cytoskeletal Networks and Osmotic Pressure in Relation to Cell Structure and Motility....Pages 333-346
Control of Water Permeability by Divalent Cations....Pages 347-356
Mitochondrial Volume Homeostasis: Regulation of Cation Transport Systems....Pages 357-377
Mechanisms Involved in the Control of Mitochondrial Volume and their Role in the Regulation of Mitochondrial Function....Pages 379-390
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
The Deformation of a Spherical Cell Sheet; A Mechanical Model of Sea-Urchin Gastrulation....Pages 391-403
Epithelial Cell Volume Regulation....Pages 405-411
Interactions Between Liver Cell Volume and Liver Cell Function....Pages 413-432
From Glycogen Metabolism to Cell Swelling....Pages 433-441
Cell Spreading and Intracellular pH in Mammalian Cells....Pages 443-453
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
The Role of Tissue Swelling in Modelling of Microvascular Exchange....Pages 457-473
Interstitial Fluid Pressure in Control of Interstitial Fluid Volume During Normal Conditions, Injury and Inflammation....Pages 475-485
Swelling Pressure of Cartilage: Roles Played by Proteoglycans and Collagen....Pages 487-512
Changes in Cartilage Osmotic Pressure in Response to Loads and their Effects on Chondrocyte Metabolism....Pages 513-526
Interstitial Macromolecules and the Swelling Pressure of Loose Connective Tissue....Pages 527-543
A Mixture Approach to the Mechanics of the Human Intervertebral Disc....Pages 545-558
Blood — Tissue Fluid Exchange — Transport Through Deformable, Swellable Porous Systems....Pages 559-576
Rheology of Connective Tissues as Swelling Fibrous Structures....Pages 577-586
The Influence of Boundary Layer Effects on Atherogenesis in Dialysis Treatment Patients....Pages 587-592
Front Matter....Pages 593-593
Blisters....Pages 595-601
Origin of Short-Range Forces in Water Between Clay Surfaces and Lipid Bilayers....Pages 603-622
Swelling from the Perspective of Molecular Assemblies and Single Functioning Biomolecules....Pages 623-647
Attractive Double Layer Interaction: From Calcium Clays to Biological Membranes....Pages 649-658
Hydration and Steric Interactions Between Lipid Membranes....Pages 659-669
Polymer Gel Phase Transition: The Molecular Mechanism of Product Release in Mucin Secretion?....Pages 671-681
Front Matter....Pages 593-593
Phase Transitions of Gels....Pages 683-703
Power Generation by Macromolecular Porous Gels....Pages 705-715
Swelling and Consolidation of a Muscle-Like Hydrogel....Pages 717-729
Dynamics of osmotic fluid flow....Pages 731-742
Mechanism of Osmotic Flow....Pages 743-761
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Cell Protrusion Formation by External Force....Pages 765-774
Back Matter....Pages 775-786