2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Solid-to-solid transition in dense assemblies of elongated cells
Shao-Zhen Lin, Jean-François Rupprecht
Cell shapes in confluent tissues range from nearly isotropic epithelial morphologies to highly elongated endothelial ones. In standard vertex models, tissue rigidity is controlled…
cond-mat.soft2024
Spontaneous flows in active smectics with dislocations
Shao-Zhen Lin, Frank Jülicher, Jacques Prost +1
We construct a hydrodynamic theory of active smectics A in two-dimensional space, including the creation/annihilation and motility of dislocations with Burgers' number . We d…