DGKα, Bridging Membrane Shape Changes with Specific Molecular Species of DAG/PA: Implications in Cancer and Immunosurveillance

JC Bozelli Jr, RM Epand - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary DGKα is being considered as a target in immunotherapy. An advantage of
targeting this enzyme is that it potentially has a dual role, ie, it would both decrease the …

Pattern formation, structure and functionalities of wrinkled liquid crystal surfaces: A soft matter biomimicry platform

Z Wang, P Servio, AD Rey - Frontiers in Soft Matter, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This review presents an integrated theoretical and computational characterization and
analysis of surface pattern formation in chiral and achiral liquid crystal self-assembly and the …

Geometry-structure models for liquid crystal interfaces, drops and membranes: wrinkling, shape selection and dissipative shape evolution

Z Wang, P Servio, AD Rey - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We review our recent contributions to anisotropic soft matter models for liquid crystal
interfaces, drops and membranes, emphasizing validations with experimental and biological …

A Relativistic Entropic Hamiltonian–Lagrangian Approach to the Entropy Production of Spiral Galaxies in Hyperbolic Spacetime

MC Parker, C Jeynes - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Double-spiral galaxies are common in the Universe. It is known that the logarithmic double
spiral is a Maximum Entropy geometry in hyperbolic (flat) spacetime that well represents an …

Wrinkling pattern formation with periodic nematic orientation: From egg cartons to corrugated surfaces

Z Wang, P Servio, A Rey - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Egg cartons, known as doubly sinusoidal surfaces, display a rich variety of saddles-cylinder-
spherical patches organized with different spatial symmetries and connectivities. Egg carton …

Self-organization, entropy generation rate, and boundary defects: A control volume approach

JA Sekhar - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Self-organization that leads to the discontinuous emergence of optimized new patterns is
related to entropy generation and the export of entropy. Compared to the original pattern that …

Thermal fluctuation spectrum of flexoelectric viscoelastic semiflexible filaments and polymers: A line liquid crystal model

Z Wang, P Servio… - The Canadian Journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we generalize the internal viscosity model developed by Professor Williams to
semiflexible polymers, biofilaments, and worm‐like micelles, where molecular dissipation is …

Structure and Pattern Formation in Biological Liquid Crystals: Insights From Theory and Simulation of Self-Assembly and Self-Organization

Z Wang, P Servio, AD Rey - Frontiers in Soft Matter, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This review presents theory and simulation of liquid crystal phase ordering in biological
fibrous materials, solutions, and composites in the presence of elastic fields, second phase …

Geometric modeling of phase ordering for the isotropic–smectic A phase transition

DU Zamora Cisneros, Z Wang… - Frontiers in Soft …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Liquid crystal (LC) mesophases have an orientational and positional order that
can be found in both synthetic and biological materials. These orders are maintained until …

[PDF][PDF] A Relativistic Entropic Hamiltonian–Lagrangian Approach to the Entropy Production of Spiral Galaxies in Hyperbolic Spacetime. Universe 2021, 7, 325

MC Parker, C Jeynes - 2021 - academia.edu
Double-spiral galaxies are common in the Universe. It is known that the logarithmic double
spiral is a Maximum Entropy geometry in hyperbolic (flat) spacetime that well represents an …