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This MRS Bulletin article presents a systematic study of instabilities occurring in nematic #LiquidCrystalElastomers and examines the contribution of the #nematic component and of fluctuating model parameters that follow probability laws. qoo.ly/3ddqre

From MRS Bulletin: Multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient for a nematic elastomer. Unlike classic anelasticity theories, the elastic deformation is applied first to the reference configuration, followed by an anelastic strain deformation. qoo.ly/3dhf32

The Journal of Elasticity is delighted to announce the launch of a new Special Issue, titled "Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Their Theory", by L. Angela Mihai & Carl D Modes. 🗓31 July 2024. 📢bitly.ws/Nne7 Cardiff University MPI-CBG Dresden Center for Systems Biology Dresden #LiquidCrystals #NematicElastomers

Recordings of invited talks from #RWAM2024 icms.org.uk/RWAM2024 are available on ICMS youtube channel youtube.com/@icms5763/vide…

Coulomb's law of dry friction states that |Ft|≤μ|Fn|, where Ft is the force of friction exerted by each surface on the other, Fn is the normal force directed perpendicular (normal) to the surface, μ is the coefficient of friction (independent on the normal load or the velocity)

"All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomers" with the amazing team led by Haoran Wang Haoran Wang accepted for publication researchgate.net/publication/37… #LCE #thermotropic #auxetic #shapememory #phasetransition

It felt like a homecoming event to have the 28th Annual Meeting of the SIAM UKIE Section back in Manchester. Thank you to all the participants for a wonderful day! numerical.rl.ac.uk/siamukie/meeti…

Electromechanical Energy Conversion via Liquid Crystal Elastomers ecmiindmath.org/2024/10/16/ele… via EU Maths in Industry

Excited to share our paper on the mathematical modelling of elephant trunk wrinkles, working with L. Angela Mihai and Alain Goriely. We provide qualitative insight into pattern formation in elephant trunks based on nonlinear morphoelasticity. Read more in iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Such a fun paper and so happy to see it published. It wonderfully showcases the physics of living systems through wrinkling!