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Posture selection in active elastic filaments
Adam Pearl, Ludwig A. Hoffmann, L. Mahadevan
Posture control in slender bodies such as snakes and eels arises from the interplay between passive deformation, active internal actuation, and task-level constraints. We formulate…
How to grow a straight filament
Ludwig A. Hoffmann, L. Mahadevan
How can a growing biological filament remain straight despite stochastic fluctuations in growth? Motivated by filamentary structures that develop reproducibly across biological sys…
Designing highly efficient lock-and-key interactions in anisotropic active particles
Solenn Riedel, Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Luca Giomi +1
Cluster formation of microscopic swimmers is key to the formation of biofilms and colonies, efficient motion and nutrient uptake, but, in the absence of other interactions, require…
Theory of cellular homochirality and trait evolution in flocking systems
Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Luca Giomi
Chirality is a feature of many biological systems and much research has been focused on understanding the origin and implications of this property. Famously, sugars and amino acids…
Tuneable defect-curvature coupling and topological transitions in active shells
Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Livio Nicola Carenza, Luca Giomi
Recent experimental observations have suggested that topological defects can facilitate the creation of sharp features in developing embryos. Whereas these observations echo establ…
Theory of defect-mediated morphogenesis
Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Livio Nicola Carenza, Julia Eckert +1
Growing experimental evidence indicates that topological defects could serve as organizing centers in the morphogenesis of tissues. Here, we provide a quantitative explanation for…
Topology-driven ordering of flocking matter
Amélie Chardac, Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Yoann Poupart +2
When interacting motile units self-organize into flocks, they realize one of the most robust ordered state found in nature. However, after twenty five years of intense research, th…
Chiral stresses in nematic cell monolayers
Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Koen Schakenraad, Roeland M. H. Merks +1
Recent experiments on monolayers of spindle-like cells plated on adhesive stripe-shaped domains have provided a convincing demonstration that certain types of collective phenomena…