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Active Nematic Defects and Epithelial Morphogenesis by Vafa, Farzan, Mahadevan, L.

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Scaling macroscopic aquatic locomotion by Gazzola, Mattia, Argentina, Médéric, Mahadevan, L.

“…Nonlinear inertial flows usually influence the motion of swimming organisms, but most studies focus on the tractable case of swimmers too small to feel such…”
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Active hydraulics and odd elasticity of muscle fibres by Shankar, Suraj, Mahadevan, L.

“…Muscle is a complex, hierarchically organized, soft contractile engine. To understand the limits on the rate of contraction and muscle energetics, we construct…”
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Unfolding the sulcus by Hohlfeld, Evan, Mahadevan, L

“…Sulci are localized furrows on the surface of soft materials that form by a compression-induced instability. We unfold this instability by breaking its natural…”
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Programming curvature using origami tessellations by Dudte, Levi H., Vouga, Etienne, Tachi, Tomohiro, Mahadevan, L.

“…Origami describes rules for creating folded structures from patterns on a flat sheet, but does not prescribe how patterns can be designed to fit target shapes…”
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Bacillus spores as building blocks for stimuli-responsive materials and nanogenerators by Chen, Xi, Mahadevan, L., Driks, Adam, Sahin, Ozgur

“…Materials that respond mechanically to external chemical stimuli have applications in biomedical devices, adaptive architectural systems, robotics and energy…”
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Contractility-Induced Phase Separation in Active Solids by Yin, Sifan, Mahadevan, L.

“…Experiments over many decades are suggestive that the combination of cellular contractility and active phase separation in cell-matrix composites can enable…”
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Gyrification from constrained cortical expansion by Tallinen, Tuomas, Chung, Jun Young, Biggins, John S., Mahadevan, L.

“…The exterior of the mammalian brain—the cerebral cortex—has a conserved layered structure whose thickness varies little across species. However, selection…”
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How to Grow a Flat Leaf by al-Mosleh, Salem, Mahadevan, L.

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Topology, Geometry, and Mechanics of Strongly Stretched and Twisted Filaments: Solenoids, Plectonemes, and Artificial Muscle Fibers by Charles, Nicholas, Gazzola, Mattia, Mahadevan, L

“…Soft elastic filaments that can be stretched, bent, and twisted exhibit a range of topologically and geometrically complex morphologies. Recently, a number of…”
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On the growth and form of cortical convolutions by Tallinen, Tuomas, Chung, Jun Young, Rousseau, François, Girard, Nadine, Lefèvre, Julien, Mahadevan, L.

“…A 3D-printed fetal brain undergoes constrained expansion to reproduce the shape of the human cerebral cortex. The soft gels of the model swell in solvent,…”
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Rigidity percolation and geometric information in floppy origami by Chen, Siheng, Mahadevan, L.

“…Origami structures with a large number of excess folds are capable of storing distinguishable geometric states that are energetically equivalent. As the number…”
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Termite mounds harness diurnal temperature oscillations for ventilation by King, Hunter, Ocko, Samuel, Mahadevan, L.

“…Many species of millimetric fungus-harvesting termites collectively build uninhabited, massive mound structures enclosing a network of broad tunnels that…”
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Growth patterns for shape-shifting elastic bilayers by van Rees, Wim M., Vouga, Etienne, Mahadevan, L.

“…Inspired by the differential-growth-driven morphogenesis of leaves, flowers, and other tissues, there is increasing interest in artificial analogs of these…”
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Rationally Designed Complex, Hierarchical Microarchitectures by Noorduin, Wim L., Grinthal, Alison, Mahadevan, L., Aizenberg, Joanna

“…The emergence of complex nano- and microstructures is of fundamental interest, and the ability to program their form has practical ramifications in fields such…”
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Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily by Liang, Haiyi, Mahadevan, L

“…Despite the common use of the blooming metaphor, its floral inspiration remains poorly understood. Here we study the physical process of blooming in the…”
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Optimal transport and control of active drops by Shankar, Suraj, Raju, Vidya, Mahadevan, L

“…Understanding the complex patterns in space-time exhibited by active systems has been the subject of much interest in recent times. Complementing this forward…”
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Mechanical Coupling Coordinates the Co-elongation of Axial and Paraxial Tissues in Avian Embryos by Xiong, Fengzhu, Ma, Wenzhe, Bénazéraf, Bertrand, Mahadevan, L., Pourquié, Olivier

“…Tissues undergoing morphogenesis impose mechanical effects on one another. How developmental programs adapt to or take advantage of these effects remains…”
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Excitable Dynamics and Yap-Dependent Mechanical Cues Drive the Segmentation Clock by Hubaud, Alexis, Regev, Ido, Mahadevan, L., Pourquié, Olivier

“…The periodic segmentation of the vertebrate body axis into somites, and later vertebrae, relies on a genetic oscillator (the segmentation clock) driving the…”
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Programming shape using kirigami tessellations by Choi, Gary P. T., Dudte, Levi H., Mahadevan, L.

“…Kirigami tessellations, regular planar patterns formed by partially cutting flat, thin sheets, allow compact shapes to morph into open structures with rich…”
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