Recent publications

Flow states of two dimensional active gels driven by external shear, W. Luo, A. Baskaran, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R Powers, Soft Matter 20, 738 (2024).

Chiral fluid membranes with orientational order and multiple edges, L. Ding, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R Powers, Soft Matter 19, 8453 (2023).

Controlling the shape and topology of two-component colloidal membranes, A. Khanra, L. L. Jia, N. P. Mitchell, A. Balchunas, R. A. Pelcovits, T. R. Powers, Z. Dogic and P. Sharma, PNAS 119, e2204453119 (2022).

Axisymmetric membranes with edges under external force: buckling, minimal surfaces, and tethers, L. L. Jia, S. Pei. R. A. Pelcovits and T. R. Powers, Soft Matter 17, 7268 (2021).

Deformation and orientational order of chiral membranes with free edges, L. Ding, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R Powers, Soft Matter 17, 6580 (2021).

Shapes of fluid membranes with chiral edges, L. Ding, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R. Powers, Phys. Rev. E 102, 032608 (2020).

Force induced formation of twisted chiral ribbons, A. Balchunas, L. L. Jia, M. J. Zakhary, J. Robaszewski, T. Gibaud, Z. Dogic, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R. Powers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 018002 (2020).

Topological structure and dynamics of three dimensional active nematics, G. Duclos, R. Adkins, D. Banerjee, M. Peterson, M. Varghese, I. Kolvin, A. Baskaran, R. A. Pelcovits, T. R. Powers, A. Baskaran, F. Toschi, M. F. Hagan, S. Streichan, V. Vitelli, D. Beller and Z. Dogic, Science 367, 1120 (2020) (featured on journal cover). Supplementary Materials

Stability of the interface of an isotropic active fluid , H. Soni, W. Luo, R. A. Pelcovits and T. R. Powers, Soft Matter 15, 6318 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01216h