We present PolyHoop, a lightweight standalone C++ implementation of a mechanical model to simulate the dynamics of soft particles and cellular tissues in two dimensions. With only few geometrical and physical parameters, PolyHoop is capable of simulating a wide range of particulate soft matter systems: from biological cells and tissues to vesicles, bubbles, foams, emulsions, and other amorphous materials. The soft particles or cells are represented by continuously remodeling, non-convex, high-resolution polygons that can undergo growth, division, fusion, aggregation, and separation. With PolyHoop, a tissue or foam consisting of a million cells with high spatial resolution can be simulated on conventional laptop computers.
@article{arxiv.2307.15006,
title = {PolyHoop: Soft particle and tissue dynamics with topological transitions},
author = {Roman Vetter and Steve V. M. Runser and Dagmar Iber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.15006},
year = {2024}
}