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L Mahadevan

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Top papers

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1 Elastic behavior of cross-linked and bundled actin networks. Science 2004 5.44
2 How the Venus flytrap snaps. Nature 2005 5.20
3 Non-equilibration of hydrostatic pressure in blebbing cells. Nature 2005 4.08
4 Microtubules can bear enhanced compressive loads in living cells because of lateral reinforcement. J Cell Biol 2006 3.63
5 Geometry and physics of wrinkling. Phys Rev Lett 2003 3.36
6 Life and times of a cellular bleb. Biophys J 2007 3.05
7 Physical limits and design principles for plant and fungal movements. Science 2005 2.96
8 Villification: how the gut gets its villi. Science 2013 2.94
9 Structural basis for cooperative DNA binding by CAP and lac repressor. Structure 2004 2.85
10 On the growth and form of the gut. Nature 2011 2.82
11 The universal dynamics of cell spreading. Curr Biol 2007 2.74
12 Nested self-similar wrinkling patterns in skins. Nat Mater 2005 2.73
13 Signal processing by the HOG MAP kinase pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 2.56
14 Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers. J R Soc Interface 2009 2.43
15 Geometric mechanics of periodic pleated origami. Phys Rev Lett 2013 2.42
16 Tissue tectonics: morphogenetic strain rates, cell shape change and intercalation. Nat Methods 2009 2.19
17 The shape of a long leaf. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 2.15
18 A quantitative analysis of contractility in active cytoskeletal protein networks. Biophys J 2008 2.05
19 Modelling DNA loops using continuum and statistical mechanics. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2004 2.02
20 Relating microstructure to rheology of a bundled and cross-linked F-actin network in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 1.91
21 Limbless undulatory propulsion on land. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.83
22 Rationally designed complex, hierarchical microarchitectures. Science 2013 1.82
23 The cytoplasm of living cells behaves as a poroelastic material. Nat Mater 2013 1.80
24 Non-stick water. Nature 2001 1.78
25 Cell shape changes indicate a role for extrinsic tensile forces in Drosophila germ-band extension. Nat Cell Biol 2009 1.77
26 Sickle cell vasoocclusion and rescue in a microfluidic device. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.69
27 How the cucumber tendril coils and overwinds. Science 2012 1.65
28 Mechanosensation and mechanical load modulate the locomotory gait of swimming C. elegans. J Exp Biol 2007 1.64
29 Implications of a poroelastic cytoplasm for the dynamics of animal cell shape. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2008 1.64
30 Optimal vein density in artificial and real leaves. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.57
31 Crack street: the cycloidal wake of a cylinder tearing through a thin sheet. Phys Rev Lett 2003 1.54
32 Kinks, rings, and rackets in filamentous structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.54
33 How aphids lose their marbles. Proc Biol Sci 2002 1.53
34 Statistical mechanics of developable ribbons. Phys Rev Lett 2010 1.53
35 Unfolding the sulcus. Phys Rev Lett 2011 1.49
36 Colloid science: non-spherical bubbles. Nature 2005 1.44
37 Photoinduced deformations of beams, plates, and films. Phys Rev Lett 2004 1.41
38 Self-organization of a mesoscale bristle into ordered, hierarchical helical assemblies. Science 2009 1.41
39 Macroscopic magnetic frustration. Phys Rev Lett 2012 1.39
40 Magnetic self-assembly of three-dimensional surfaces from planar sheets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 1.39
41 Power-limited contraction dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: an ultrafast biological spring. Biophys J 2007 1.38
42 Scaling of F-actin network rheology to probe single filament elasticity and dynamics. Phys Rev Lett 2004 1.38
43 Excitable patterns in active nematics. Phys Rev Lett 2011 1.37
44 Elasticity of floppy and stiff random networks. Phys Rev Lett 2008 1.36
45 Fluid-flow-induced flutter of a flag. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 1.36
46 Physiological and pathological population dynamics of circulating human red blood cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.36
47 A dynamic fate map of the forebrain shows how vertebrate eyes form and explains two causes of cyclopia. Development 2006 1.34
48 Thin films. Wrinkling of an elastic sheet under tension. Nature 2002 1.33
49 A biophysical indicator of vaso-occlusive risk in sickle cell disease. Sci Transl Med 2012 1.32
50 Growth, geometry, and mechanics of a blooming lily. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.30
51 Sensorimotor control during isothermal tracking in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Exp Biol 2006 1.30
52 Soft lubrication. Phys Rev Lett 2004 1.28
53 Onset of buckling in drying droplets of colloidal suspensions. Phys Rev Lett 2005 1.28
54 How kelp produce blade shapes suited to different flow regimes: A new wrinkle. Integr Comp Biol 2008 1.26
55 Localized and extended deformations of elastic shells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.23
56 Bending stiffness of a crystalline actin bundle. J Mol Biol 2004 1.22
57 Dynamics of chromatin decondensation reveals the structural integrity of a mechanically prestressed nucleus. Biophys J 2008 1.20
58 Animal cell hydraulics. J Cell Sci 2009 1.19
59 Flip-flop-induced relaxation of bending energy: implications for membrane remodeling. Biophys J 2009 1.18
60 Geometric mechanics of curved crease origami. Phys Rev Lett 2012 1.18
61 Modeling DNA loops using the theory of elasticity. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2006 1.15
62 Curvature condensation and bifurcation in an elastic shell. Phys Rev Lett 2007 1.12
63 Elastic platonic shells. Phys Rev Lett 2013 1.12
64 Shape and dynamics of tip-growing cells. Curr Biol 2009 1.10
65 Geometry, mechanics, and electronics of singular structures and wrinkles in graphene. Phys Rev Lett 2010 1.09
66 Stored elastic energy powers the 60-microm extension of the Limulus polyphemus sperm actin bundle. J Cell Biol 2003 1.06
67 Dynamics of fracture in drying suspensions. Langmuir 2006 1.05
68 Gravitational collapse of colloidal gels. Phys Rev Lett 2005 1.03
69 Surface sulci in squeezed soft solids. Phys Rev Lett 2013 0.99
70 Statistical dynamics of flowing red blood cells by morphological image processing. PLoS Comput Biol 2009 0.99
71 Nonlinear mechanics of soft fibrous networks. J R Soc Interface 2007 0.98
72 Neurone-specific enolase and creatine phosphokinase are protein components of rat brain synaptic plasma membranes. J Neurochem 1983 0.97
73 Evolution of spur-length diversity in Aquilegia petals is achieved solely through cell-shape anisotropy. Proc Biol Sci 2011 0.95
74 Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability. Nat Mater 2013 0.95
75 How things get stuck: kinetics, elastohydrodynamics, and soft adhesion. Phys Rev Lett 2012 0.95
76 Cell biology: powerful curves. Nature 2005 0.94
77 Mechanics of interfacial composite materials. Langmuir 2006 0.94
78 Botanical ratchets. Proc Biol Sci 2009 0.94
79 Skating on a film of air: drops impacting on a surface. Phys Rev Lett 2012 0.93
80 Biased migration of confined neutrophil-like cells in asymmetric hydraulic environments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 0.92
81 The elements of draping. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 0.92
82 Characterization of translation products of the polyadenylated RNA of free and membrane-bound polyribosomes of rat forebrain. Biochem J 1984 0.92
83 Superficial wrinkles in stretched, drying gelatin films. Langmuir 2006 0.90
84 The shallow turn of a worm. J Exp Biol 2011 0.90
85 Vanadate stimulates differentiation and neurite outgrowth in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells and neurite extension in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Neuroscience 1994 0.88
86 Shape and motion of a ruck in a rug. Phys Rev Lett 2009 0.88
87 Control of shape and size of nanopillar assembly by adhesion-mediated elastocapillary interaction. ACS Nano 2010 0.87
88 Physical basis for the adaptive flexibility of Bacillus spore coats. J R Soc Interface 2012 0.87
89 Solenoids and plectonemes in stretched and twisted elastomeric filaments. Phys Rev Lett 2005 0.85
90 Measuring the work of adhesion between a soft confined film and a flexible plate. Langmuir 2005 0.85
91 The role of EGF receptor transmodulation in embryonal carcinoma-derived growth factor-induced mitogenesis. EMBO J 1986 0.84
92 Force of an actin spring. Biophys J 2007 0.84
93 Infochemistry: encoding information as optical pulses using droplets in a microfluidic device. J Am Chem Soc 2009 0.84
94 Gravitational stability of suspensions of attractive colloidal particles. Phys Rev Lett 2007 0.83
95 Scale and nature of sulcification patterns. Phys Rev Lett 2012 0.83
96 Digital instability of a confined elastic meniscus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 0.83
97 Nanopottery: coiling of electrospun polymer nanofibers. Nano Lett 2010 0.83
98 Dynamic instability of a growing adsorbed polymorphic filament. Biophys J 2011 0.82
99 Hydrodynamics of hemostasis in sickle-cell disease. Phys Rev Lett 2013 0.82
100 Balancing on tightropes and slacklines. J R Soc Interface 2012 0.82
101 Controlling the orientation and synaptic differentiation of myotubes with micropatterned substrates. Biophys J 2009 0.82
102 Quantifying the relation between bond number and myoblast proliferation. Faraday Discuss 2008 0.81
103 Discovering communities through friendship. PLoS One 2012 0.81
104 How ticks get under your skin: insertion mechanics of the feeding apparatus of Ixodes ricinus ticks. Proc Biol Sci 2013 0.80
105 Hydrodynamics of writing with ink. Phys Rev Lett 2011 0.80
106 Flagellar dynamics of a connected chain of active, polar, Brownian particles. J R Soc Interface 2013 0.80
107 Calcium regulation of an actin spring. Biophys J 2009 0.80
108 Strategies for cell shape control in tip-growing cells. Am J Bot 2012 0.79
109 Geometric control of rippling in supported polymer nanolines. Nano Lett 2012 0.79
110 Actin network growth under load. Biophys J 2012 0.78
111 Cooperative adhesion and friction of compliant nanohairs. Nano Lett 2010 0.78
112 Nonequilibrium scale selection mechanism for columnar jointing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 0.77
113 Collective thermoregulation in bee clusters. J R Soc Interface 2013 0.77
114 Dynamics of surfactant-driven fracture of particle rafts. Phys Rev Lett 2006 0.76
115 Peeling, healing, and bursting in a lubricated elastic sheet. Phys Rev Lett 2004 0.76
116 Density-gradient-free microfluidic centrifugation for analytical and preparative separation of nanoparticles. Nano Lett 2014 0.76
117 Settling and swimming of flexible fluid-lubricated foils. Phys Rev Lett 2007 0.75
118 Forced tearing of ductile and brittle thin sheets. Phys Rev Lett 2011 0.75
119 A geometric model for the periodic undulation of a confined adhesive crack. Soft Matter 2015 0.75
120 A simple microscopic model for the dynamics of adhesive failure. Langmuir 2006 0.75
121 New encoding schemes with infofuses. Adv Mater 2011 0.75
122 Review of an in vitro microfluidic model of sickle cell vaso-occlusion. Transfus Clin Biol 2008 0.75
123 Slicing softly with shear. Phys Rev Lett 2012 0.75
124 Mechanisms of transformation by protein-tyrosine kinases. Adv Exp Med Biol 1988 0.75