3 papers
cond-mat.dis-nn2024
Rigidity condition for gluing two bar-joint rigid graphs embedded in
Kyungeun Kim, J. M. Schwarz
How does one determine if a collection of bars joined by freely rotating hinges cannot be deformed without changing the length of any of the bars? In other words, how does one dete…
cond-mat.soft2023
How cells wrap around virus-like particles using extracellular filamentous protein structures
Sarthak Gupta, Christian D. Santangelo, Alison E. Patteson +1
Nanoparticles, such as viruses, can enter cells via endocytosis. During endocytosis, the cell surface wraps around the nanoparticle to effectively eat it. Prior focus has been on h…
cond-mat.soft2021
Thermal Fluctuations of Singular Bar-Joint Mechanisms
Manu Mannattil, J. M. Schwarz, Christian D. Santangelo
A bar-joint mechanism is a deformable assembly of freely rotating joints connected by stiff bars. Here we develop a formalism to study the equilibration of common bar-joint mechani…