3 papers
physics.bio-ph2020
Flexoelectric fluid membrane vesicles in spherical confinement
Niloufar Abtahi, Lila Bouzar, Nadia Saidi-Amroun +1
The morphology of spherically confined flexoelectric fluid membrane vesicles in an external uniform electric field is studied numerically. Due to the deformations induced by the co…
cond-mat.soft2018
The Helical Superstructure of Intermediate Filaments
Lila Bouzar, Martin Michael Müller, René Messina +4
Intermediate filaments are the least explored among the large cytoskeletal elements. We show here that they display conformational anomalies in narrow microfluidic channels. Their…
physics.bio-ph2016
Squeezed Helical Elastica
Lila Bouzar, Martin Michael Müller, Pierre Gosselin +2
We theoretically study the conformations of a helical semi-flexible filament confined to a flat surface. This squeezed helix exhibits a variety of unexpected shapes resembling circ…