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A universal framework for modeling composites and fabrics of micro- and nanofibers, such as carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers and amyloid fibrils, is presented. Within this framework, fibers are represented with chains of rigid bodies, linked…
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Wave propagation on the surface of a material contains information about physical properties beneath its surface. We propose a method for inferring the thickness and stiffness of a structure from just a video of waves on its surface. Our…
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The modeling and uncertainty quantification of closed curves is an important problem in the field of shape analysis, and can have significant ramifications for subsequent statistical tasks. Many of these tasks involve collections of closed…
Understanding the relationship between the microscopic structure and topology of a material and its macroscopic properties is a fundamental challenge across a wide range of systems. Here, we investigate the viscoelasticity of DNA nanostar…
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