How does the geometry of soft membranes in lymphatic channels optimize the transport of lymph and how a better understanding of this mechanism could lead to new microfluidic and soft robotic systems? More info here: journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstr…

Our new paper on the indentation of suspended two-dimensional solids is out now in JMPS (@Elsevier_Eng), with Dominic Vella (Maths Observatory) Can discrepancies in reported material parameters be explained by geometrical or material nonlinearities? authors.elsevier.com/c/1bfug57Zjx1PA

Want to make a map that folds into a globe? If you have paper with the right thickness profile then by cutting many petals of a given shape, you can get arbitrarily close. Find out more at: doi.org/10.1039/D0SM00… (with Mingchao Liu )

DSOFT Virtual Social Hour originally scheduled for this Friday has been rescheduled for Oct 30 (Fri) from 3 - 5 pm. Reminder: Please submit abstracts by Oct 23 for the APS March Meeting 2021. Sorting categories in DSOFT sessions are available here: march.aps.org/sorting-catego….

Why does Winkler's 'mattress model' work so well for (close to) incompressible materials when it should break down? Find out more in this work with Thomas Chandler royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Our recent paper about the snap-through in #Graphene #nanochannels just published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. We investigate the fluid-solid coupling #instabilities at nanoscale, and demonstrate the application in #fluidic control and #molecule selection. Link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Please retweet - we’re hiring! Funded PhD on the Biomechanics of wear in insect mouthparts, and its behavioural consequences. If you like animals, materials, physics and want to work in a supportive and collaborative environment, this is for you! Details: evo-biomech.ic.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Have you checked our portal? Browse "𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀": guides to well defined practicals; "𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀": more open-ended experiments, which might require purchase or building of some apparatus, and "𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴": short contributions open for discussion.

A good opportunity to listen to Mingchao Liu talk about his elegant work (see: doi.org/10.1039/D0SM00… to get a flavour)

Our paper on a drop confined by two graphene sheets finally comes out in Nature Communications (Nature Communications). Interested in how bilayer graphene interfaces excel in cleaning themselves by making use of elasticity and capillarity, click this: nature.com/articles/s4146…

[#Séminaire #IUSTI] le 19/10 à 14h : "Snap to morph", Lucie Domino UvA Amsterdam will present #morphing #structures made from bi stable elements (thin elastic shells) embedded in a flat elastic sheet... ➡️federation-peiresc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?artic…

Some more nice work from the thesis of Alex Bradley is now published!

Beautiful work (literally) from PT Brun and colleagues!

Scientists have long tried to create objects that can transform their shape, so-called morphing structures. But this is problematic. Just think about wrapping an orange with a piece of tissue paper: extra area has to be wasted in folds. Our way around: maths.ox.ac.uk/node/40772

We have a post-doc opening in collaboration with Ian Griffiths, Industrial Mathematics Group and Janine Nunes (Princeton). More details: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Our paper on why coffee rings are dark + thick in sharply concave regions, but light + thin in convex regions, is out now Journal of Fluid Mechanics (with @MathsMoore ) - see the pic. The big surprise is that this is true even for constant evaporation rate…

Please RT: seeking a postdoctoral researcher with skills in Abaqus (or similar) to study metal spinning. Deadline 19/Aug, informal enquiries to [email protected].

Band-aids are flat, but knees are curved; this geometric incompatibility means blisters often form, but when depends on how bendable the band-aid is, as shown in this new study pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

WE'RE RETURNING FOR 2023! You are now able to book for the Oxford Maths Festival, taking place 13-14 May. It's great for families with kids aged 5-13. Take a look at our programme for this year and get yourself booked. mathsfest.web.ox.ac.uk/whats-on #Maths #Family #OxMathsFest

At small scales gravity shouldn't matter - these protein drops, however, start off spherical but change shape as they evaporate depending on the direction of (weak) gravity. Find out more at: go.aps.org/3IEpwXF