2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Programming Nonlinear Interfacial Mechanics of Synthetic Cells: Lipid Geometry and DNA Nanostructures
Kazutoshi Masuda, Miho Yanagisawa
Soft interfaces formed by lipid membranes are fundamental to living cells, synthetic cells, and membrane-based soft materials. However, a quantitative framework linking molecular o…
cond-mat.soft2025
Analytical model and experimental validation for nonlinear mechanical response of aspirated elastic shells
Kazutoshi Masuda, Miho Yanagisawa
We developed a physics-based analytical model to describe the nonlinear mechanical response of aspirated elastic shells. By representing the elastic energy through a stretching mod…