@incollection{statphys23_1129,
	title = {Soft hydraulics: physics and physiology of gels, cells and tissues},
	address = {Genova, Italy},
	author = {L. Mahadevan},
	booktitle = {Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics},
	editor = {Luciano Pietronero and Vittorio Loreto and Stefano Zapperi},
	month = {9-13 July},
	url = {http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=1129},
	year = {2007},
	biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cf7b0a0d88edbfcb1740cf9d93ea19c9/statphys23},
	abstract = {Hydraulics (from the Greek word $\acute{\upsilon}\delta \rho \alpha \upsilon \lambda \iota \kappa \acute{o} \zeta$) is the study
of fluid movements and fluid power. I will discuss the dynamics of
water movements in  soft fluid infiltrated solids such as gels,
cells and tissues, with implications for the fluid-limited
settling, bending and breaking of gels, the dynamics of nuclear and
cell swelling and motility, and the water powered slow and rapid
movements of tissues.},
	keywords = {dynamics fluid gels invited statphys23 topic-4 water }
}