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Cell motility: a viscous fingering analysis of active gels
M. Ben Amar, O. V. Manyuhina, G. Napoli
The symmetry breaking of the actin network from radial to longitudinal symmetry has been identified as the major mechanism for keratocytes (fish cells) motility on solid substrate.…
Bulk and surface biaxiality in nematic liquid crystals
Paolo Biscari, Gaetano Napoli, Stefano Turzi
Nematic liquid crystals possess three different phases: isotropic, uniaxial, and biaxial. The ground state of most nematics is either isotropic or uniaxial, depending on the extern…
Impermeability effects in three-dimensional vesicles
Paolo Biscari, Silvia Maria Canevese, Gaetano Napoli
We analyse the effects that the impermeability constraint induces on the equilibrium shapes of a three-dimensional vesicle hosting a rigid inclusion. A given alteration of the incl…