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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Soft condensed matter"”.
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Collective Phenomena in Active Systems
… and computer simulations using tools from soft condensed matter physics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The work has been organized into two parts through five chapters. In part one (chapter 2 to 3), continuum theories have been utilized to study pattern formation in bacteria …
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Structural transitions in self-assembled lipid systems driven by induced curvature: from cell-penetrating peptides to programmable vesicles
… By applying ideas from coordination chemistry, soft condensed matter physics and differential geometry, we propose a geometric mechanism facilitated by both electrostatics and bidentate hydrogen bonding. We also examined the interactions of other arginine rich cell-penetrating peptides, …
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Triplet-Exciton Pairs in Organic Crystals: Optical Properties of TIPS-tetracene
Contains fulltext : 331368.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Glassy viscoelasticity of dense suspensions of soft colloids and structure & miscibility of soft filler polymer nanocomposites
In this thesis, we studied two soft condensed matter systems. The first part of the thesis studied the glassy viscoelasticity of dense suspensions of soft colloids and the second part of the thesis studied the structure and miscibility of soft filler polymer nanocomposites (PNCs). In the first part …
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Imaging Drosophila embryo gastrulation to identify stress fields and biomechanical feedback
Several potential mechanisms of mechanical coordination of the constriction of the cell apices in groups of cells have been proposed. Our previous computational studies have shown a connection between tensile mechanical feedback and Cellular Constriction Chains (CCCs) that propagate during the …
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An Experimental Approach to the Development and Validation of Group Interaction Modelling
Group Interaction Modelling (GIM) is a modelling framework for predicting properties of polymers from their chemical structure. It assumes the energy balance of the intermolecular interactions between characteristic groups and external energy fields, and energy dissipation mechanisms are the origin …
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Polymer Melts Investigated by Field Cycling NMR Relaxometry: From Simple Liquid to Reptation Dynamics
… gained attraction for studying dynamics of soft condensed matter due to its ability to detect both the structural or alpha-relaxation (identified with the segmental dynamics) and slower collective dynamics. In the case of polymer melts the latter is described most often by the Rouse model …
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On the Rheology of Soft Cellular Materials, An Experimental Investigation of the Microstructure and Rheology of a Novel Tissue-Mimic Material
Taking inspiration from the mechanics of biological development, in which cellular adhesion and membrane tension have emerged as key determinants of the mechanical properties of tissues, this thesis is a study of the rheology of a synthetic tissue-mimic material made from functionalised giant …
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The behaviour of fatty acid vesicles in prebiotically plausible environments
Prior to the emergence of cellular life, there must have been an abiotic analogue to the cell -- also known as the protocell. To flourish, they should have performed key functions enabling growth, and ensuring their survival and propagation. While researchers study a variety of model protocell …
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A Multi-DOF Soft Robot Mechanism for Patient Motion Correction and Beam Orientation Selection in Cancer Radiation Therapy
… deformation, and control systems to harness soft robot mechanisms for real-time motion correction in cancer radiation therapy scenarios. Additionally, in most inverse treatment planning schemes today, the “right” beam angles among the myriad possibilities in beam space are usually determined …