Antoine Deblais
@antoinedeblais.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. In love with fluids 💧, Worms 🪱, and 🤖. Ig-Nobel 2024 for racing sober and drunk worms.
Group website: https://www.deb-lab.com/
Group website: https://www.deb-lab.com/
Reposted by Antoine Deblais
Very happy to see this work out! We propose a way to realize simple knots at the nano- and micro-scales using tangential activity with a diblock copolymer architecture. Work done @unipd.bsky.social
Upsurge of Spontaneous Knotting in Polar Diblock Active Polymers
Simulations show that polymers that include inert and self-propelled components are more likely to form and retain knots, with possible applications in materials engineering.
journals.aps.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Very happy to see this work out! We propose a way to realize simple knots at the nano- and micro-scales using tangential activity with a diblock copolymer architecture. Work done @unipd.bsky.social
Reposted by Antoine Deblais
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organized along with @joelmarthelot.bsky.social
organized along with @joelmarthelot.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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organized along with @joelmarthelot.bsky.social
organized along with @joelmarthelot.bsky.social
The 🪱 mania continues!
In our latest study, led by Rosa, we explored the locomotion and dynamics of living worms—acting as active polymers—navigating a porous environment made of 3D-printed pillar arrays. And we found something surprising...
In our latest study, led by Rosa, we explored the locomotion and dynamics of living worms—acting as active polymers—navigating a porous environment made of 3D-printed pillar arrays. And we found something surprising...
February 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The 🪱 mania continues!
In our latest study, led by Rosa, we explored the locomotion and dynamics of living worms—acting as active polymers—navigating a porous environment made of 3D-printed pillar arrays. And we found something surprising...
In our latest study, led by Rosa, we explored the locomotion and dynamics of living worms—acting as active polymers—navigating a porous environment made of 3D-printed pillar arrays. And we found something surprising...