(Mechanics of Biological and Soft Materials)
Symposium Organizers:
Siddartha Das, University of Maryland, College Park
sidd@umd.edu
Joshua B. Bostwick, Clemson University
jbostwi@clemson.edu
Symposium Technical Description
Surface tension and surface charges are intrinsic properties of solid-liquid interfaces. For problems in which the solid is a soft, deformable one (e.g., membrane of a biological cell or a gel), the physics becomes complex and the analysis challenging. Understanding surface tension and surface charge mediated phenomena at soft interfaces hold the key for probing a variety of biophysical and technological applications, ranging from cell motion, cell adhesion, and nanoparticle-membrane interactions to nanofabrication, drop durotaxis, and soft-nanochannel-ion transport.
This symposium will serve as a platform for researchers to exchange ideas and perspectives to elucidate the role of surface tension and surface charges in soft matter. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the dynamics of drops, particles, and cells on soft surfaces; role of surface tension in adhesion and nanoparticle-membrane interactions; thermodynamics of polymer and polyelectrolyte grafted nanochannels and nanoparticles; ion and liquid transport through polymer and polyelectrolyte grafted interfaces; soft electrokinetics; soft electrophoresis.
Technical Program
Wednesday | W1 10:00am-11:40am
| C6-1: Surface Tension and Surface Charge Driven Phenomena in Soft Matter | ||
| Room 2116 |
Session Chair: Siddartha Das, Joshua B. Bostwick | Track C: Mechanics of Biological and Soft Materials |
| 10:00 am | Deformation of an elastic substrate due to a resting sessile droplet
Aaron Bardall |
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| 10:20 am | Wetting ridge geometry and contact-angle hysteresis
Joshua Bostwick, Su Ji Park |
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| 10:40 am | Discrete liquid-solid contact electrification and its various applications
Dongwhi Choi, Donghyeon Yoo, Sang Min Park, Dong Sung Kim |
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| 11:00 am | Membrane tension regulates the geometry of stable pores in fused nuclear membranes
Mehdi Torbati, Ashutosh Agrawal |
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| 11:20 am | Clathrin polymerization exhibits high mechano-geometric sensitivity
Ehsan Irajizad, Ashutosh Agrawal |
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