2024
Mechanical plasticity of cell membranes enhances epithelial wound closure
Ton A, MacKeith A, Shattuck M, O'Hern C. Mechanical plasticity of cell membranes enhances epithelial wound closure. Physical Review Research 2024, 6: l012036. DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.6.l012036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLarval wing discsWing discEmbryonic ectodermWing disc epitheliumCell membraneDeformable particlesDisc epitheliumElasto-plastic responseCell mechanicsPlastic deformationClosure behaviorDrosophilaCell morphologyDevelopmental stagesDP simulationsMechanical responseElastic responseEctodermLarvalMechanical plasticityCellsMembraneEpithelial wound closureEpithelial wound healingWound closure
2017
Effects of cooling rate on particle rearrangement statistics: Rapidly cooled glasses are more ductile and less reversible
Fan M, Wang M, Zhang K, Liu Y, Schroers J, Shattuck MD, O'Hern CS. Effects of cooling rate on particle rearrangement statistics: Rapidly cooled glasses are more ductile and less reversible. Physical Review E 2017, 95: 022611. PMID: 28297989, DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.022611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParticle rearrangementMechanical responseShear cyclesParticle motionDuctile glassesEnhanced ductilityEnergy lossCumulative energy lossIrreversible particle motionPlastic flowAmorphous solidsLinear regimeApplied deformationElastic responseBinary Lennard-Jones glassCooling rateDuctilityPure shearGlassLennard-Jones glassSolidsColloidal glassesDuctileMotion