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Focal adhesion: Physics of a Biological Mechano-Sensor
Thomas Bickel, Robijn Bruinsma
Mechanical coupling between a cell and substrate relies on focal adhesions, clusters of adhesion proteins linking stress fibers (bundles of actin proteins) inside the cell with sur…
Icosahedral packing of RNA viral genomes
Joseph Rudnick, Robijn Bruinsma
Recent studies reveal that certain viruses package a portion of their genome in a manner that mirrors the icosahedral symmetry of the protein container, or capsid. Graph theoretica…
Charge Transfer, Symmetry and Dissipation
M. R. D'Orsogna, R. Bruinsma
We study charge transfer between donor-acceptor molecules subject to a mirror symmetry constraint in the presence of a dissipative environment. The symmetry requirement leads to th…
Wulff Construction for Deformable Media
Joseph Rudnick, Robijn Bruinsma
A domain in a Langmuir monolayer can be expected to have a shape that reflects the textural anisotropy of the material it contains. This paper explores the consequences of XY-like…