A fundamental understanding of cell-nanomaterial interaction is of essential importance to
nanomedicine and safe applications of nanotechnology. Here we investigate the adhesive …

We develop a thermodynamically consistent phase-field model to simulate the dynamics of
multicomponent vesicles. The model accounts for bending stiffness, spontaneous curvature …

We study the adhesion of an elastic sheet on a rigid spherical substrate. Gauss's Theorema
Egregium shows that this operation necessarily generates metric distortions (ie, stretching) …

General contact conditions are developed for lipid membranes interacting with curved
substrates along their edges. These include the anchoring conditions familiar from liquid …

The processes of protrusion and retraction during cell movement are driven by the turnover
and reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Within a reaction–diffusion model which …

Selectivity of interactions between nanoparticles functionalized by tethered ligands and cell
surfaces with different densities of receptors plays an essential role in biorecognition and its …

In this paper, a phase field model is developed for vesicle adhesion involving complex
substrate and vesicle geometries. The model takes into account an adhesion potential that …

We consider the adhesive interaction energy between a pair of vesicles in the strong
adhesion limit, in which bending forces play a negligible role in determining vesicle shape …

The balance between stress and adhesion governs many behaviors of adherent cells such
as cell migration. In certain microenvironments such as that of a tumor, variations in …

The morphology and motion behavior of a cell are highly influenced by its external
biological, chemical, and physical stimuli, and geometric confinement. In this paper, it is …