Inspired by recent developments in self-assembled chiral nanostructures, we have explored
the possibility of using spherical particles packed in cylinders as building blocks for chiral …

We describe a number of different experimental set-ups that use hydrogel spheres to
demonstrate dense packings of deformable spheres in various geometries. The …

We have previously explored the hysteresis and reversibility of transitions between ordered
packings of soft spheres of diameter d in cylindrical channels of diameter D [A. Mughal, J …

Packing soft convex polygonal objects in an optimized convex container is considered. The
shape of the soft object can be changed in certain limits, but the object remains convex and …

The biomechanics of embryonic notochords are studied using an elastic membrane model.
An initial study varying internal pressure and stiffness ratio determines tension and …

Motivated by the idea of using simple macroscopic examples to illustrate the physics of
complex systems, we modify a historic experimental setup in which interacting floating …

A correlation between density maximization and size segregation for packings of
polydisperse particles in geometric confinement has been discovered, through the …