Focus Session: Soft-Matter, Biology, & Bioinspiration

Presentations

• Cavitation in trees monitored using simultaneously acoustics and optics

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 2:30 PM – March 21, 2013, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Alexandre Ponomarenko

    • LIPhy, Grenoble University, Saint-Martin-dH\`eres, France

  • Olivier Vincent

    • LIPhy, Grenoble University, Saint-Martin-dH\`eres, France

  • Philippe Marmottant

    • LIPhy, Grenoble University, Saint-Martin-dH\`eres, France

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• Reversible Rigidity Control Using Low Melting Temperature Alloys

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 2:42 PM – March 21, 2013, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Wanliang Shan

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Tong Lu

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Carmel Majidi

    • Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• ``Lock and key mechanism'' for ligand binding with adrenergic receptors and the arising mechanical effects on the cell membrane

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 2:54 PM – March 21, 2013, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Laura Lunghi

    • Department of Pharmaceutical and Applied Chemistry, Universit\`a of Siena, Italy

  • Luca Deseri

    • Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie Mellon University

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• Geometrical study of the deformations of a thin spherical shell inspired by pollen grains.

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 3:06 PM – March 21, 2013, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Etienne Couturier

    • USACH

  • Eleni Katifori

    • Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation (MPIDS), 37077 Goettingen, Germany
    • MPI G\"ottingen

  • Jacques Dumais

    • UAI Vi\~na del Mar

  • Enrique Cerda

    • USACH

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• Hysteresis in the creasing instability of hydrogels and elastomers

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 3:18 PM – March 21, 2013, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Dayong Chen

    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Shengqiang Cai

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Lihua Jin

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Zhigang Suo

    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
    • Harvard University

  • R. Hayward

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusettes - Amherst

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• Extreme Mechanics of Growing Matter

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 21, 2013, 3:30 PM – March 21, 2013, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Ellen Kuhl

    • Stanford University

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• A micromechanical viscoelastic model for soft biological tissue

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 4:06 PM – March 21, 2013, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Baptiste Coudrillier

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Thao D. Nguyen

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Spatially localized structure-function relations in the elastic properties of sheared articular cartilage

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 4:18 PM – March 21, 2013, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Jesse Silverberg

    • Department of Physics, Cornell University

  • Lawrence Bonassar

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

  • Itai Cohen

    • Department of Physics, Cornell University

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• Highly Deformable Liquid Embedded Soft-Matter Capacitors and Inductors for Stretchable Electronics

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 4:30 PM – March 21, 2013, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Andrew Fassler

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Carmel Majidi

    • Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• Delayed Fluid-Driven Fractures on Soft Gels

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 4:42 PM – March 21, 2013, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Mark Schillaci

    • NC State University

  • Joshua Bostwick

    • NC State University

  • Karen Daniels

    • NC State University
    • North Carolina State University

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• Soft-Matter Resistive Sensor for Measuring Shear and Pressure Stresses

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 4:54 PM – March 21, 2013, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Tepayotl-Ramirez

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Peter Roberts

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Carmel Majidi

    • Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• Manufacturing of Liquid-Embedded Elastomers for Stretchable Electronics

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 5:06 PM – March 21, 2013, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Rebecca Kramer

    • Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

  • Carmel Majidi

    • Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • James C. Weaver

    • Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspiring Engineering
    • Harvard University

  • Robert Wood

    • SEAS, Harvard University

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• Elastoswellability: Will it bend or will it buckle?

  ORAL

  March 21, 2013, 5:18 PM – March 21, 2013, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Douglas Holmes

    • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • Virginia Tech

  • Anupam Pandey

    • Virginia Tech

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