3 papers
q-bio.QM2022
Biofilms as self-shaping growing nematics
Japinder Nijjer, Mrityunjay Kothari, Changhao Li +7
Active nematics are the nonequilibrium analog of passive liquid crystals in which anisotropic units consume free energy to drive emergent behavior. Similar to liquid crystal (LC) m…
cond-mat.soft2022
Interfacial Cavitation
Thomas Henzel, Japinder Nijjer, Chockalingam Senthilnathan +4
Cavitation has long been recognized as a crucial predictor, or precursor, to the ultimate failure of various materials, ranging from ductile metals to soft and biological materials…
cond-mat.soft2020
Probing local nonlinear viscoelastic properties in soft materials
S Chockalingam, Christine Roth, Thomas Henzel +1
Minimally invasive experimental methods that can measure local rate dependent mechanical properties are essential in understanding the behaviour of soft and biological materials in…