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cond-mat.soft2022
Deforming polar active matter in a scalar field gradient
Muhamet Ibrahimi, Matthias Merkel
Active matter with local polar or nematic order is subject to the well-known Simha-Ramaswamy instability. It is so far unclear how, despite this instability, biological tissues can…
cond-mat.soft2022★ 1 cited
Tissue fluidization by cell-shape-controlled active stresses
Shao-Zhen Lin, Matthias Merkel, Jean-François Rupprecht
Biological cells can actively tune their intracellular architecture according to their overall shape. Here we explore the rheological implication of such coupling in a minimal mode…
cond-mat.soft2022★ 14 cited
Stiffening of under-constrained spring networks under isotropic strain
Cheng-Tai Lee, Matthias Merkel
Disordered spring networks are a useful paradigm to examine macroscopic mechanical properties of amorphous materials. Here, we study the elastic behavior of under-constrained sprin…