4 papers
Imbibition dynamics under dissolution-driven fluid thickening
H. W. Almeida, A. F. V. Matias, R. C. V. Coelho +1
The imbibition of milk into a biscuit provides an example of a broader class of processes in which a liquid invades a porous material, dissolving components of the solid and thereb…
Porosity and Material Disorder Drive Distinct Channelization Transition
André F. V. Matias, Rodrigo C. V. Coelho, Humberto A. Carmona +2
Flow through porous media can reshape the medium through erosion and deposition, producing preferential flow channels across a wide range of natural and industrial systems. Yet the…
Dynamic bidirectional coupling of membrane morphology and rod organization in flexible vesicles
Stijn van der Ham, André F. V. Matias, Marjolein Dijkstra +1
The ordering of rod-like particles in soft, deformable containers emerges from the interplay of anisotropic interactions, geometric confinement, and boundary compliance. This compe…
Shaping boundaries to control and transport topological defects in colloidal nematic liquid crystals
Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, André F. V. Matias, Ethan I. L. Jull +2
Anisotropic rod-like particles form liquid crystalline phases with varying degrees of orientational and translational order. When confined geometrically, these phases can give rise…