3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Renormalized mechanics and stochastic thermodynamics of growing vesicles
Jordan L. Shivers, Michael Nguyen, Aaron R. Dinner +2
Uncovering the rules governing the nonequilibrium dynamics of the membranes that define biological cells is of central importance to understanding the physics of living systems. We…
cond-mat.soft2024
Criticality enhances the reinforcement of disordered networks by rigid inclusions
Jordan L. Shivers, Jingchen Feng, Fred C. MacKintosh
The mechanical properties of biological materials are spatially heterogeneous. Typical tissues are made up of a spanning fibrous extracellular matrix in which various inclusions, s…
cond-mat.soft2024
Nonlinear Poisson effect in affine semiflexible polymer networks
Jordan L. Shivers, Fred C. MacKintosh
Stretching an elastic material along one axis typically induces contraction along the transverse axes, a phenomenon known as the Poisson effect. From these strains, one can compute…