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Morphogenesis of bacterial colonies in liquid crystalline environments
Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte, Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie +2
Natural bacterial habitats are often complex fluids with viscoelastic and anisotropic responses to stress; for example, they can take the form of liquid crystals (LCs), with elonga…
Geometric dependence of curvature-induced rigidity
Hanzhang Mao, Thomas G. J. Chandler, Mark Han +1
Bending the edge of a thin elastic material promotes rigidity far from its clamped boundary. However, this curvature-induced rigidity can be overwhelmed by gravity or other externa…
Active nematic response to a deformable body or boundary: elastic deformations and anchoring-induced flow
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie
A body immersed in a nematic liquid crystal disturbs the fluid's preferred molecular configuration and increases its stored elastic energy. In an active nematic, the fluid componen…
Mechanics of pressurized cellular sheets
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Jordan Ferria, Oliver Shorthose +4
Everyday experience shows that cellular sheets are stiffened by the presence of a pressurized gas: from bicycle inner tubes to bubble wrap, the presence of an internal pressure inc…
Exact and approximate solutions for elastic interactions in a nematic liquid crystal
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie
Anisotropic fluids appear in a diverse array of systems, from liquid-crystal displays to bacterial swarms, and are characterized by orientational order. Large colloidal particles i…
A nematic liquid crystal with an immersed body: equilibrium, stress, and paradox
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie
We examine the equilibrium configurations of a nematic liquid crystal with an immersed body in two-dimensions. A complex variables formulation provides a means for finding analytic…
Validity of Winkler's mattress model for thin elastomeric layers: Beyond Poisson's ratio
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Dominic Vella
Winkler's mattress model is often used as a simplified model to understand how a thin elastic layer, such as a coating, deforms when subject to a distributed normal load: the defor…
Indentation of two-dimensional solids: The signatures of geometrical and material nonlinearity
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Dominic Vella
The material characterization of ultra-thin solid sheets, including two-dimensional materials like graphene, is often performed through indentation tests on a flake suspended over…