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