2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Activity driven buckling and pattern formation in shells of oriented solids
Niels de Graaf Sousa, Varun Venkatesh, Amin Doostmohammadi
We investigate shells of active oriented solid, materials in which orientationally ordered active particles are embedded in a deformable elastic surface. Focusing on cylindrical ge…
cond-mat.soft2026
Epithelia Realize Nematopolar Topological Defect Structures
Tianxiang Ma, Niels de Graaf Sousa, Valeriia Grudtsyna +2
We introduce a shape-based polar order parameter that captures the structural asymmetry of cells within epithelial monolayers. By combining bright-field imaging and traction force…