  Tubular lattices are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Microtubules and
nanotubes of all kinds act as important pillars of biological cells and the
man-made nano-world. We show that when prestress is introduced in such
structures, localized conformational quasiparticles emerge and govern the
collective shape dynamics of the lattice.
  When coupled via cooperative interactions these quasiparticles form
larger-scale quasipolymer superstructures exhibiting collective dynamic modes
and giving rise to a hallmark behavior radically different from semiflexible
beams.
