2024
Elastocapillary effects determine early matrix deformation by glioblastoma cell spheroids
Ang I, Yousafzai M, Yadav V, Mohler K, Rinehart J, Bouklas N, Murrell M. Elastocapillary effects determine early matrix deformation by glioblastoma cell spheroids. APL Bioengineering 2024, 8: 026109. PMID: 38706957, PMCID: PMC11069407, DOI: 10.1063/5.0191765.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Cell-Matrix Elastocapillary Interactions Drive Pressure-Based Wetting of Cell Aggregates
Yousafzai M, Yadav V, Amiri S, Staddon M, Errami Y, Jaspard G, Banerjee S, Murrell M. Cell-Matrix Elastocapillary Interactions Drive Pressure-Based Wetting of Cell Aggregates. Physical Review X 2022, 12: 031027. PMID: 38009085, PMCID: PMC10673637, DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.12.031027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCapillary forcesCompliant substratesCapillary effectsRigid substrateData-driven modelingInternal pressureInterfacial tensionBulk elasticityCell surface tensionCell aggregatesSurface tensionActive dropletsMechanical stressCellular length scalesLength scalesComputational simulationsCollective cell motionDrive pressureWettingTissue shapeAdhesive substrateSubstrateElastocapillaryCell motionElasticityGradients in solid surface tension drive Marangoni-like motions in cell aggregates
Yadav V, Yousafzai S, Amiri S, Style R, Dufresne E, Murrell M. Gradients in solid surface tension drive Marangoni-like motions in cell aggregates. Physical Review Fluids 2022, 7: l031101. DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.7.l031101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurface tension gradientTension gradientSurface tensionElastic deformationActive stressSurface strainSurface stressViscous fluidViscoelastic relaxationMechanical strainReverse motionToroidal motionMotionLaser ablationMarangoniGradientSimple tissueStressDeformationTissue shapeTensionAggregatesSurfaceOriginal position