4 papers
Morphogenesis of bacterial colonies in liquid crystalline environments
Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte, Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie +2
Natural bacterial habitats are often complex fluids with viscoelastic and anisotropic responses to stress; for example, they can take the form of liquid crystals (LCs), with elonga…
Active nematic response to a deformable body or boundary: elastic deformations and anchoring-induced flow
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Saverio E. Spagnolie
A body immersed in a nematic liquid crystal disturbs the fluid's preferred molecular configuration and increases its stored elastic energy. In an active nematic, the fluid componen…
Geometric dependence of curvature-induced rigidity
Hanzhang Mao, Thomas G. J. Chandler, Mark Han +1
Bending the edge of a thin elastic material promotes rigidity far from its clamped boundary. However, this curvature-induced rigidity can be overwhelmed by gravity or other externa…
Mechanics of pressurized cellular sheets
Thomas G. J. Chandler, Jordan Ferria, Oliver Shorthose +4
Everyday experience shows that cellular sheets are stiffened by the presence of a pressurized gas: from bicycle inner tubes to bubble wrap, the presence of an internal pressure inc…