Molecular dynamics simulations of cellular membranes have come a long way—from simple
model lipid bilayers to multicomponent systems capturing the crowded and complex nature …

Proteinoids are thermal proteins which swell into microspheres in aqueous solution.
Ensembles of proteinoids produce electrical spiking activity similar to that of neurons. We …

Multistable structures have widespread applications in the design of deployable aerospace
systems, mechanical metamaterials, flexible electronics, and multimodal soft robotics due to …

The intricate mechanical interplay between cell membranes and enclosed filaments or
filament networks plays an essential role in governing cellular morphological …

Confinement scenarios of thin elastic rods are prevalent in both natural and engineered
systems. The accurate quantification of the mechanical interplay between confined rods and …

Mechanical insight into the packing of slender objects within confinement is essential for
understanding how polymers, filaments, or wires organize and rearrange in limited space …

Protrusion induced by cylindrical tubes against cell membranes plays essential roles in
numerous biological processes, including filopodia growth, cellular packing or entry of one …

The growth and reconfiguration of polymer networks such as the cytoskeleton can generate
forces that move objects and deform materials and membranes, even in the absence of …

An elastic rod is perfectly bonded to a von Kármán elastic plate such that, except for a
relative twist, no relative displacements are allowed between the rod and the plate. The …