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Models of 3D confluent tissue as under-constrained glasses
Chengling Li, Matthias Merkel, Daniel M. Sussman
The dynamics of glassy materials slows down upon cooling, typically showing either Arrhenius or super-Arrhenius behavior. However, it was recently shown that 2D cell-based models f…
Anisotropy links cell shapes to tissue flow during convergent extension
Xun Wang, Matthias Merkel, Leo B. Sutter +3
Within developing embryos, tissues flow and reorganize dramatically on timescales as short as minutes. This includes epithelial tissues, which often narrow and elongate in converge…
A minimal-length approach unifies rigidity in under-constrained materials
Matthias Merkel, Karsten Baumgarten, Brian P. Tighe +1
We present a novel approach to understand geometric-incompatibility-induced rigidity in under-constrained materials, including sub-isostatic 2D spring networks and 2D and 3D vertex…