4 papers
Tuning nonlinear waves in nonreciprocal active filaments
Sami C. Al-Izzi, Jack Binysh, Yao Du +2
The instabilities of slender structures power biological locomotion across scales, and offer a compelling method to actuate soft robots. Nonreciprocal elastic solids have been foun…
Nonreciprocal buckling makes active filaments polyfunctional
Sami C. Al-Izzi, Yao Du, Jonas Veenstra +5
Active filaments are a workhorse for propulsion and actuation across biology, soft robotics and mechanical metamaterials. However, artificial active rods suffer from limited robust…
Capillarity Reveals the Role of Capsid Geometry in HIV Nuclear Translocation
Alex W. Brown, Sami C. Al-Izzi, Jack L. Parker +4
The protective capsid encasing the genetic material of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been shown to traverse the nuclear pore complex (NPC) intact, despite exceeding the pa…
More ATP Does Not Equal More Contractility: Power And Remodelling In Reconstituted Actomyosin
Sami C. Al-Izzi, Sedigheh Ghanbarzadeh Nodehi, Darius V. Köster +1
The cytoskeletal component actomyosin is a canonical example of active matter since the powerstroke cycle locally converts chemical energy in the form of adenoside triphosphate (AT…