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Microbial narrow-escape is facilitated by wall interactions
Mathieu Souzy, Antoine Allard, Jean-François Louf +3
Cells have evolved efficient strategies to probe their surroundings and navigate through complex environments. From metastatic spread in the body to swimming cells in porous materi…
Under pressure: Hydrogel swelling in a granular medium
Jean-François Louf, Nancy B. Lu, Margaret G. O'Connell +2
Hydrogels hold promise in agriculture as reservoirs of water in dry soil, potentially alleviating the burden of irrigation. However, confinement in soil can markedly reduce the abi…
Imbibition in plant seeds
Jean-François Louf, Yi Zheng, Aradhana Kumar +5
We describe imbibition in real and artificial plant seeds, using a combination of experiments and theory. In both systems, our experiments demonstrate that liquid permeates the sub…