Mechanics of Polymer Networks Across Scales

INVITED · MAR-A54 · ID: MAR-A54

Presentations

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    Publication: T.T. Dutta, L. Suprewicz, P. Mollenkopf, X.C. Shi, L. Hoole, J.X. Tang, P.A. Janmey, Mechanical strain modulates enzymatic remodeling of fibrin networks, Polymer 336 (2025).
    F.J. Byfield, B. Eftekhari, K. Kaymak-Loveless, K. Mandal, D. Li, R.G. Wells, W. Chen, J. Brujic, G. Bergamaschi, G.J.L. Wuite, A.E. Patteson, P.A. Janmey, Metabolically intact nuclei are fluidized by the activity of the chromatin remodeling motor BRG1, Biophys J 124(3) (2025) 494-507.
    A.S.G. van Oosten, X. Chen, L. Chin, K. Cruz, A.E. Patteson, K. Pogoda, V.B. Shenoy, P.A. Janmey, Emergence of tissue-like mechanics from fibrous networks confined by close-packed cells, Nature 573(7772) (2019) 96-+.

    Presenters

    • Paul Janmey

      • University of Pennsylvania

    Authors

    • Paul Janmey

      • University of Pennsylvania

    • Fitzroy Byfield

    • Lukasz Suprewicz

    • Thomas Dutta

      • Brown University

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    Publication: Li, Y., Sarıyer, O. S., Ramachandran, A., Panyukov, S., Rubinstein,M., Kumacheva, E. Universal behavior of hydrogels confined to narrow capillaries. Scientific Reports 5 (1), 17017, 57 (2015)
    Li, Y., Li, Y., Prince, E. et al. Fibrous hydrogels under biaxial confinement. Nature Commun. 13, 3264 (2022).
    Prince, E., Morozova, S., Chen, Z., Adibnia, V., Yakavets, I., Panyukov, S., Rubinstein, M., Kumacheva, E. Nanocolloidal hydrogel mimics the structure and nonlinear mechanical properties of biological fibrous networks. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.,120, 51 e2220755120 (2023)

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    • Eugenia Kumacheva

      • University of Toronto

    Authors

    • Eugenia Kumacheva

      • University of Toronto

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    Publication: (1) Millereau, P.; Ducrot, E.; Clough, J. E.; Wiseman, M. E.; Brown, H. R.; Sijbesma, R. P.; Creton, C. Mechanics of elastomeric molecular composites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2018, 115 (37), 9110-9115, article. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1807750115.
    (2) Ju, J.; Sanoja, G. E.; Cipelletti, L.; Ciccotti, M.; Zhu, B.; Narita, T.; Yuen Hui, C.; Creton, C. Role of molecular damage in crack initiation mechanisms of tough elastomers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024, 121 (45), e2410515121. DOI: doi:10.1073/pnas.2410515121.
    (3) Orr, N.P.; Le Goff, M.; Yiming, B.; Barrat, J-L.; Bouzid, M.;Ramos, L.; Creton, C.; Martens, K.; Cipelletti, L. Probing the Microscopic Origin of Toughness in Multiple Polymer Networks, submitted.

    Presenters

    • Costantino Creton

      • ESPCI Paris-PSL

    Authors

    • Costantino Creton

      • ESPCI Paris-PSL

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    Publication: (1) T.-T. Mai et al., Adv. Sci. 2307741 (2024). (2) T.-T. Mai et al., J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 193, 105895 (2024). (3) T.-T. Mai et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, 17, 43690 (2025). (4) D. Nozaki et al., Macromolecules, 58, 4059 (2025). (5) Tokumoto et al., Sci. Adv., eabe9495 (2021). (6) S. Imai et al., ACS Mater. Lett., 7, 2805 (2025).

    Presenters

    • Kenji Urayama

      • Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University

    Authors

    • Kenji Urayama

      • Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University

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