A semiflexible polymer chain shows characteristic local chain persistency and finite
extensibility. Confinement of such a polymer introduces a confinement length scale that …

The impact of the intrinsic curvature of in-plane orientationally ordered curved flexible
nematic molecules attached to closed 3D flexible shells was studied numerically. A Helfrich …

Topological line defects are ubiquitous in nature and appear at all physical scales, including
in condensed matter systems, nuclear physics, and cosmology. Particularly useful systems …

Systems of spherical nanoparticles with capping ligands have been shown to self-assemble
into beautiful superlattices of fascinating structure and complexity. In this paper, I show that …

Red blood cells (RBCs) are present in almost all vertebrates and their main function is to
transport oxygen to the body tissues. RBCs' shape plays a significant role in their …

Biological membranes are composed of isotropic and anisotropic curved nanodomains.
Anisotropic membrane components, such as Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) superfamily …

We present a hydrodynamic model for a thin spherical shell of active nematic liquid crystal
with an arbitrary configuration of defects. The active flows generated by defects in the …

We consider the numerical investigation of surface bound orientational order using unit
tangential vector fields by means of a gradient flow equation of a weak surface Frank–Oseen …

We present a theoretical study of director fields in toroidal geometries with degenerate
planar boundary conditions. We find spontaneous chirality: despite the achiral nature of …

We consider a thin film limit of a Landau–de Gennes Q-tensor model. In the limiting process,
we observe a continuous transition where the normal and tangential parts of the Q-tensor …