5 zoekresultaten voor “active soft matter” in de Publieke website
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On shape and elasticity: bio-sheets, curved crystals, and odd droplets
Because thin systems can deform along the thickness with relative ease, the interplay between surface mechanics and geometry plays a fundamental role in sculpting their three-dimensional shape.
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Orientational Order and Confinement in Biological Tissues
This thesis investigates how cell shape and collective behavior influence the dynamics and structure of biological tissues, which are crucial for understanding processes like embryonic development, tissue regeneration, and metastasis.
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More is alive: emergent multi-scale order & collective flows in tissues
The overarching goal of this thesis is to set the foundations, but also make the first essential steps towards establishing a comprehensive, mesoscopic, hydrodynamic theory of epithelial tissues. The stage is set by an exhaustive study of topological defects in passive p-atic liquid crystals, singularities…
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Synthetic model microswimmers near walls
Synthetic microswimmers take an important place within the interdisciplinary field of active soft matter.
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Hoe uitzaaiende tumoren hun omgeving naar hun hand zetten
Tumoren gedragen zich als mini-orgaantjes, manipuleren hun omgeving en gebruiken lichaamseigen processen om te overleven en uit te zaaien. Door onderzoek van Erik Danen en zijn collega’s komen we steeds meer te weten over de complexe aard van tumorcellen. In het NRC vertellen de wetenschappers over…