About the Authors

Jean Lehmann

jlehmann@rockefeller.edu

Affiliation Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Michel Cibils

Affiliation Section de Mathématiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Albert Libchaber

Affiliation Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: JL MC AL. Conceived the analytical model: JL. Analyzed the properties of the model: JL MC AL.