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A new virtual seminar series called GEOMPACK (geompack.com) aims to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines (physics, materials, biology, mathematics, computer science). The… Read More »Geompack

We extend a previous analysis of the buckling properties of a linear chain of hard spheres between hard walls under transverse harmonic confinement. Two regimes… Read More »Buckling of a linear chain of hard spheres

Previously we reported on the stable (i.e. minimal enthalpy) structures of soft monodisperse spheres in a long cylindrical channel. Here, we present further simulations, which… Read More »Columnar structures of soft spheres: metastability and hysteresis

There is a growing interest in cylindrical structures of hard and soft particles. A promising new method to assemble such structures has recently been introduced… Read More »Theory of rotational columnar structures of soft spheres

Recently a novel type of epithelial cell has been discovered and dubbed the “scutoid”. It is induced by curvature of the bounding surfaces. We show… Read More »Demonstration and interpretation of “scutoid” cells in a quasi-2D soap froth