Welcome to the homepage of the research group
Physics and Mechanics of Soft Matter.
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Group presentation
The group is interested in various aspects of growth, shapes and dynamics in physics,
biophysics, mechanics and biomechanics. Using theoretical models, experiments as well as
numerical simulations, we are trying to highlight the physical principles common to a
broad range of morphogenetic events. The area of research that are currently under investigation are:
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Growth of skin tumors.
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Morphogenesis in vegetal and animal tissues.
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Biomechanics, nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity and rheology of complex matter.
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Elastic singularities.
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Mechanical properties of polymeric gels.
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Thin sheets of liquid crystals.
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Biological membranes, rafts and inclusions.
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Faraday instability.
Moreover, during the past five years, the group has actively worked on the following topics:
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Viscous fingering, wetting, dynamics of the contact line.
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Crumpled paper, statistics of folds.
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Recent publications
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"Non-spherical shapes of capsules within a fourth-order curvature model"
O. V. Manyuhina, J. J. Hetzel, M. I. Katsnelson and A. Fasolino.
accepted for publication in EPJ E. (2010), [arXiv:0907.1842]
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"The interplay of an instability pattern with its flexible boundaries"
G. Pucci, E. Fort, M. Ben Amar and Y. Couder
(2010) submitted to PRL. .
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"Effective line tension and contact angles between membrane domains in biphasic vesicles."
M. Trejo and M. Ben Amar.
(2010) submitted to Soft matter. .
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"Self-contact and instabilities in the anisotropic growth of elastic membranes"
N. Stoop, F. K. Wittel, M. Ben Amar, M. M. Müller and H. J. Herrmann
(2010) submitted to PRL .
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"Localized growth of layered tissues"
J. Dervaux and M. Ben Amar
IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, (2010) in press .
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"Swelling instability of surface-attached gels as a model of soft tissue growth under geometric constraints"
M. Ben Amar and P. Ciarletta
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58 (2010) 935–954 .
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"Elastic growth in thin geometries"
J. Dervaux and M. Ben Amar
Origins of Life: Self-Organization and/or Biological Evolution? ,(2009) 79-94.
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"Hamiltonian formulation of surfaces with constant Gaussian curvature."
M. Trejo, M. Ben Amar and Martin Michael Müller.
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. ,
42, 425204 (2009).
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"Continuum model of epithelial morphogenesis during C. elegans embryonic elongation"
P. Ciarletta, M. Ben Amar and M. Labouesse
Philosophical Transactions the Royal Society A, 367 (2009) 3379-3400 .
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"Local Membrane Mechanics of Pore-Spanning Bilayers"
I. Mey, M. Stephan, E. K. Schmitt, M. M. Müller, M. Ben Amar, C. Steinem and A. Janshoff
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (2009) 7031.
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"A finite dissipative theory of temporary interfibrillar bridges in the extra-cellular matrix of ligaments and tendons"
P. Ciarletta and M. Ben Amar
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 6 (2009) 909-924 .
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"Morphogenesis of thin hyperelastic plates: A constitutive theory of biological growth in the Föppl-von Karman limit"
J. Dervaux, P. Ciarletta and M. Ben Amar
Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57 (2009) 458.
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"Suction in Darcy and Stokes interfacial flows: Maximum growth rate versus minimum dissipation"
M. Ben Amar and A. Boudaoud
Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics, 166 (2009) 83.
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last update: March 24 2016 |
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