3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Order and shape dependence of mechanical relaxation in proliferating active matter
Jonas Isensee, Lukas Hupe, Philip Bittihn
Collective dynamics in proliferating anisotropic particle systems arise from an interplay between growth, division, and mechanical interactions, often mediated by particle shape. I…
cond-mat.soft2025
Prediction and control of geometry-induced nematic order in growing multicellular systems
Lukas Hupe, Jonas Isensee, Ramin Golestanian +1
In densely-packed two-dimensional systems of growing cells, such as rod-shaped bacteria, a number of experimental and numerical studies report distinct patterns of nematic orientat…
cond-mat.soft2025
Sensitive particle shape dependence of growth-induced mesoscale nematic structure
Jonas Isensee, Philip Bittihn
Directed growth, anisotropic cell shapes, and confinement drive self-organization in multicellular systems. We investigate the influence of particle shape on the distribution and d…