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A two-dimensional vertex model for curvy cell-cell interfaces at the subcellular scale
Kyungeun Kim, J. M. Schwarz, Martine Ben Amar
Cross-sections of cell shapes in a tissue monolayer typically resemble a tiling of convex polygons. Yet, examples exist where the polygons are not convex with curved cell-cell inte…
Creases and cusps in growing soft matter
Martine Ben Amar
The buckling of a soft elastic sample under growth or swelling has highlighted a new interest in materials science, morphogenesis, and biology or physiology. Indeed, the change of…
Osmotic stress affects functional properties of human melanoma cell lines
Caterina A. M. La Porta, Anna Ghilardi, Maria Pasini +4
Understanding the role of microenvironment in cancer growth and metastasis is a key issue for cancer research. Here, we study the effect of osmotic pressure on the functional prope…
Instability patterns in ultrathin nematic films: comparison between theory and experiment
O. V. Manyuhina, A. -M. Cazabat, M. Ben Amar
Motivated by recent experimental observations [U. Delabre et al, Langmuir 24, 3998, 2008] we reconsider an instability of ultrathin nematic films, spread on liquid substrates. With…
Self-contact and instabilities in the anisotropic growth of elastic membranes
Norbert Stoop, Falk K. Wittel, Martine Ben Amar +2
We investigate the morphology of thin discs and rings growing in the circumferential direction. Recent analytical results suggest that this growth produces symmetric excess cones (…
Morphogenesis of growing soft tissues
Julien Dervaux, Martine Ben Amar
Recently, much attention has been given to a noteworthy property of some soft tissues: their ability to grow. Many attempts have been made to model this behaviour in biology, chemi…