2 papers
cond-mat.soft2021
Combing a double helix
Thomas Bolton Plumb-Reyes, Nicholas Charles, L. Mahadevan
Combing hair involves brushing away the topological tangles in a collective curl. Using a combination of experiment and computation, we study this problem that naturally links topo…
cond-mat.soft2019
Topology, geometry and mechanics of strongly stretched and twisted filaments
Nicholas Charles, Mattia Gazzola, L. Mahadevan
Soft elastic filaments that can be stretched, bent and twisted exhibit a range of topologically and geometrically complex morphologies that include plectonemes, solenoids, knot-lik…