Search Results - "Weitz, D. A."

Mechanical strain in actin networks regulates FilGAP and integrin binding to filamin A by Ehrlicher, A. J., Nakamura, F., Hartwig, J. H., Weitz, D. A., Stossel, T. P.

“…Mechanosensing by the actin cytoskeleton Living cells need to respond to mechanical forces for many essential biological functions. This mechanosensing…”
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Traveling surface acoustic wave (TSAW) microfluidic fluorescence activated cell sorter (μFACS) by Mutafopulos, K, Spink, P, Lofstrom, C D, Lu, P J, Lu, H, Sharpe, J C, Franke, T, Weitz, D A

“…We report a microfluidic fluorescence activated cell-sorting (μFACS) device that employs traveling surface acoustic waves (TSAW) to sort cells at rates…”
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Self-Limited Accumulation of Colloids in Porous Media by Gerber, G., Bensouda, M., Weitz, D. A., Coussot, P.

“…We present local direct imaging of the progressive adsorption of colloidal particles inside a 3D model porous medium. By varying the interparticle…”
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Dynamic Speckle Holography by Aime, S., Sabato, M., Xiao, L., Weitz, D. A.

“…We introduce dynamic speckle holography, a new technique that combines imaging and scattering to measure three-dimensional maps of displacements as small as…”
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High‐Order Multiple Emulsions Formed in Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Microfluidics by Abate, A. R., Weitz, D. A.

“…Multiple emulsions are formed using poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic devices. The single emulsions (see image, left) are formed using a single drop maker…”
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Monodisperse Double Emulsions Generated from a Microcapillary Device by Utada, A. S, Lorenceau, E, Link, D. R, Kaplan, P. D, Stone, H. A, Weitz, D. A

“…Double emulsions are highly structured fluids consisting of emulsion drops that contain smaller droplets inside. Although double emulsions are potentially of…”
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The vortex-driven dynamics of droplets within droplets by Tiribocchi, A., Montessori, A., Lauricella, M., Bonaccorso, F., Succi, S., Aime, S., Milani, M., Weitz, D. A.

“…Understanding the fluid-structure interaction is crucial for an optimal design and manufacturing of soft mesoscale materials. Multi-core emulsions are a class…”
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Activity-driven fluctuations in living cells by Fodor, É., Guo, M., Gov, N. S., Visco, P., Weitz, D. A., van Wijland, F.

“…We propose a model for the dynamics of a probe embedded in a living cell, where both thermal fluctuations and nonequilibrium activity coexist. The model is…”
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Elastic Behavior of Cross-Linked and Bundled Actin Networks by Gardel, M. L., Shin, J. H., MacKintosh, F. C., Mahadevan, L., Matsudaira, P., Weitz, D. A.

“…Networks of cross-linked and bundled actin filaments are ubiquitous in the cellular cytoskeleton, but their elasticity remains poorly understood. We show that…”
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Colloidosomes: Selectively Permeable Capsules Composed of Colloidal Particles by Dinsmore, A. D., Hsu, Ming F., Nikolaides, M. G., Marquez, Manuel, Bausch, A. R., Weitz, D. A.

“…We present an approach to fabricate solid capsules with precise control of size, permeability, mechanical strength, and compatibility. The capsules are…”
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Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion by Cochard, T., Svetlizky, I., Albertini, G., Viesca, R. C., Rubinstein, S. M., Spaepen, F., Yuan, C., Denolle, M., Song, Y-Q., Xiao, L., Weitz, D. A.

“…Fractures are ubiquitous and can lead to the catastrophic material failure of materials. Although fracturing in a two-dimensional plane is well understood, all…”
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Geometrically mediated breakup of drops in microfluidic devices by Link, D R, Anna, S L, Weitz, D A, Stone, H A

“…Microfluidic technology offers capabilities for the precise handling of small fluid volumes dispersed as droplets. To fully exploit this potential requires…”
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Biocompatible surfactants for water-in-fluorocarbon emulsions by Holtze, C, Rowat, A C, Agresti, J J, Hutchison, J B, Angilè, F E, Schmitz, C H J, Köster, S, Duan, H, Humphry, K J, Scanga, R A, Johnson, J S, Pisignano, D, Weitz, D A

“…Drops of water-in-fluorocarbon emulsions have great potential for compartmentalizing both in vitro and in vivo biological systems; however, surfactants to…”
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Generation of Polymerosomes from Double-Emulsions by Lorenceau, Elise, Utada, Andrew S, Link, Darren R, Cristobal, Galder, Joanicot, Mathieu, Weitz, D. A

“…Diblock copolymers are known to spontaneously organize into polymer vesicles. Typically, this is achieved through the techniques of film rehydration or…”
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Charge Stabilization in Nonpolar Solvents by Hsu, M. F, Dufresne, E. R, Weitz, D. A

“…While the important role of electrostatic interactions in aqueous colloidal suspensions is widely known and reasonably well-understood, their relevance to…”
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Real-Space Imaging of Nucleation and Growth in Colloidal Crystallization by Gasser, U., Weeks, Eric R., Schofield, Andrew, Pusey, P. N., Weitz, D. A.

“…Crystallization of concentrated colloidal suspensions was studied in real space with laser scanning confocal microscopy. Direct imaging in three dimensions…”
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Properties of cage rearrangements observed near the colloidal glass transition by Weeks, Eric R, Weitz, D A

“…We use confocal microscopy to study particle motion in colloidal systems. Near the glass transition, motion is inhibited, as particles spend time trapped in…”
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Production of Unilamellar Vesicles Using an Inverted Emulsion by Pautot, Sophie, Frisken, Barbara J, Weitz, D. A

“…We investigate a method for the controlled assembly of unilamellar vesicles consisting of bilayers assembled one leaflet at a time. We use water-in-oil…”
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Engineering Asymmetric Vesicles by Pautot, Sophie, Frisken, Barbara J., Weitz, D. A.

“…Vesicles are bilayers of lipid molecules enclosing a fixed volume of aqueous solution. Ubiquitous in cells, they can be produced in vitro to study the physical…”
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Reply to the 'Comment on "Robust scalable high throughput production of monodisperse drops"' by M. Nakajima, Lab Chip, 2017, 17, DOI: 10.1039/C7LC00181A by Amstad, E, Weitz, D A

“…This reply to the comment by Nakajima on our article that appeared in Lab on a Chip (E. Amstad, M. Chemama, M. Eggersdorfer, L. R. Arriaga, M. Brenner and D…”
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