11 papers
Frustrated shapes of solid domains in fluid membrane vesicles: From rolls and folds to crumples and wrinkles
Geunwoong Jeon, Anthony N. A. Prempeh, Maria M. Santore +1
Fluid-solid composite vesicles, comprising 2D solid domains integrated into a topologically-closed fluid bilayer membrane, exhibit complex morphologies arising from the geometric f…
Topological and morphological signatures of disorder in a self-assembled, soft matter sponge network
Xueyang Feng, Suman S. Kulkarni, Michael S. Dimitriyev +4
Many soft matter systems exhibit ordered, polycontinuous network morphologies, such as the cubic (double) gyroid or diamond, as well as disordered network morphologies known generi…
Sculpting 2D Crystals via Membrane Contractions before and during Solidification
Hao Wan, Geunwoong Jeon, Gregory M. Grason +1
When phospholipids crystallize within the otherwise fluid membranes of giant unilamellar vesicles, the resulting molecularly-thin "2D" solids exhibit great variety in their morphol…
Supercritical Snapping and Controlled Launching via Dual Latch Gels
Xiaona M. Xu, Nolan A. Miller, Gregory M. Grason +1
Natural organisms have evolved integrated Latch-Mediated Spring Actuation systems (LaMSA) that consist of multiple latches and springs to enhance power output and adapt to diverse…
Geometrically Frustrated Assembly at Finite Temperature: Phase Transitions from Self-Limiting to Bulk States
Nicholas Hackney, Gregory Grason
Geometric frustration is recognized to generate complex morphologies in self-assembling particulate and molecular systems. In bulk states, frustrated drives structured arrays of to…
Not even metastable: Cubic double-diamond in diblock copolymer melts
Micheal S. Dimitriyev, Benjamin R. Greenvall, Rejoy Matthew +1
We study the thermodynamics of continuous transformations between two canonical, cubic network phases of block copolymer melts: double-gyroid, an equilibrium morphology for many sy…