3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Mechanics of axis formation in
Arthur Hernandez, Cuncheng Zhu, Luca Giomi
The emergence of a body axis is a fundamental step in the development of multicellular organisms. In simple systems such as , growing evidence suggests that mechani…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Stokes flow of an evolving fluid film with arbitrary shape and topology
Cuncheng Zhu, David Saintillan, Albert Chern
The dynamics of evolving fluid films in the viscous Stokes limit is relevant to various applications, such as the modeling of lipid bilayers in cells. While the governing equations…
cond-mat.soft2024
Active nematic fluids on Riemannian 2-manifolds
Cuncheng Zhu, David Saintillan, Albert Chern
Recent advances in cell biology and experimental techniques using reconstituted cell extracts have generated significant interest in understanding how geometry and topology influen…