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Role of shape in particle-lipid membrane interactions: from surfing to full engulfment
Stijn van der Ham, Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Hanumantha Rao Vutukuri
Understanding and manipulating the interactions between foreign bodies and cell membranes during endo- and phagocytosis is of paramount importance, not only for the fate of living…
cond-mat.soft2023
A colloidal viewpoint on the finite sphere packing problem: the sausage catastrophe
Susana Marín-Aguilar, Fabrizio Camerin, Stijn van der Ham +3
It is commonly believed that the most efficient way to pack a finite number of equal-sized spheres is by arranging them tightly in a cluster. However, mathematicians have conjectur…