no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • Paul Z. Hanakata, Sourav S. Bhabesh, Mark J. Bowick, David R. Nelson, David Yllanes
Understanding thin sheets, ranging from the macro to the nanoscale, can allow control of mechanical properties such as deformability.
Statistical Mechanics Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter
no code implementations • 3 Nov 2020 • Farzan Vafa, Mark J. Bowick, Boris I. Shraiman, M. Cristina Marchetti
Recent experiments in various cell types have shown that two-dimensional tissues often display local nematic order, with evidence of extensile stresses manifest in the dynamics of topological defects.
Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics
1 code implementation • 6 Jul 2020 • Farzan Vafa, Mark J. Bowick, M. Cristina Marchetti, Boris I. Shraiman
It has been proposed that the dynamics of active nematics can be understood in terms of the dynamics of interacting defects, propelled by active stress.
Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics
