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Healing Regimes for Microscopic Wounds in the Vertex Model of Cell Tissues
R. F. Almada, N. A. M. Araujo, P. Patricio
Wounds in epithelial tissues compromise their vital role in homeostasis. A rapid and efficient wound healing encompasses different mechanisms, which includes the formation of a con…
Rheology of fractal networks
Pedro Patricio, Catarina R. Leal, Jorge Duarte +1
We model the cytoskeleton as a fractal network by identifying each segment with a simple Kelvin-Voigt element, with a well defined equilibrium length. The final structure retains t…
Power law rheology of generalised Maxwell and Kelvin-Voigt models
Pedro Patricio
We analyse the rheological behaviour of the generalised Maxwell and Kelvin-Voigt models with a power law spectrum of relaxation or retardation times, or ${\cal…
Electrorheological study of the nematic LC 4-n-hepthyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl: experimental and theoretical treatment
M. T. Cidade, C. R. Leal, P. Patricio
The experimental and theoretical study of the electrorheological (ER) effect observed in the nematic phase of the 4-n-hepthyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (K21) is the aim of this work. The K2…
On elliptical soft colloids in smectic-C films
N. M. Silvestre, P. Patricio, M. M. Telo da Gama
We investigate theoretically the elliptical shapes of soft colloids in freely standing smectic C films, that have been reported recently. The colloids favour parallel alignment of…
The key-lock mechanism in nematic colloidal dispersions
N. M. Silvestre, P. Patricio, M. M. Telo da Gama
We consider the interaction of two-dimensional colloids, in nematic liquid crystals, with walls or geometrical boundaries. The interactions between colloidal disks and flat walls,…