Topology and dynamics of active nematic vesicles

Motor-mediated CorticalversusAstral Microtubule Organization in Lipid-monolayered Droplets

(2014) Hella Baumann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Living liquid crystals

(2014) S. Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elastic Instability of a Crystal Growing on a Curved Surface

(2014) G. Meng et al.   SCIENCE

Symmetry breaking in reconstituted actin cortices

(2014) Enas Abu Shah et al.   eLife

Velocity Correlations in an Active Nematic

(2013) Sumesh P. Thampi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Defect Annihilation and Proliferation in Active Nematics

(2013) Luca Giomi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers

(2013) J. Palacci et al.   SCIENCE

Nematic order on a deformable vesicle: theory and simulation

(2013) Thanh-Son Nguyen et al.   Soft Matter

Perfect nematic order in confined monolayers of spindle-shaped cells

(2013) G. Duclos et al.   Soft Matter

Liquid-crystal-mediated self-assembly at nanodroplet interfaces

(2012) J. A. Moreno-Razo et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

(2012) Tim Sanchez et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in active droplets provides a generic route to motility

(2012) E. Tjhung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Frustrated nematic order in spherical geometries

(2011) T. Lopez-Leon et al.   Nature Physics

Endotoxin-Induced Structural Transformations in Liquid Crystalline Droplets

(2011) I.-H. Lin et al.   SCIENCE

Reconfigurable Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids

(2011) U. Tkalec et al.   SCIENCE

Continuous droplet interface crossing encapsulation (cDICE) for high throughput monodisperse vesicle design

(2011) Manouk Abkarian et al.   Soft Matter

Microtubule organization by the antagonistic mitotic motors kinesin-5 and kinesin-14

(2010) Christian Hentrich et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pleats in crystals on curved surfaces

(2010) William T. M. Irvine et al.   NATURE

Effects of Confinement on the Self-Organization of Microtubules and Motors

(2009) M. Pinot et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Shape-Controlled Colloidal Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

(2009) C. P. Lapointe et al.   SCIENCE

Topological Defects in Spherical Nematics

(2008) Homin Shin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS