2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Shapes, forces, and torques of compressed elastic fluid interfaces: beyond axisymmetric configurations
Xinyi Liu, Neelesh A. Patankar, Leroy L. Jia
Inspired by the classical Plateau-Douglas problem for soap films bounded by two closed curves, we solve an analogous problem for fluid interfaces with fixed surface area and resist…
cond-mat.soft2025
Topology and Kinetic Pathways of Colloidosome Assembly and Disassembly
Raymond Adkins, Joanna Robaszewski, Seungwoo Shin +7
Liquid shells, such as lipid vesicles and soap bubbles, are ubiquitous throughout biology, engineered matter, and everyday life. Their creation and disintegration are defined by a…