Tube into pearls: A membrane-driven pearling instability shapes platelet biogenesis.
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DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e25-01-0045
Abstract: At the end of the 19th century, Rayleigh and Plateau explained the physical principle behind the fragmentation of a liquid jet into regular droplets. The classical Rayleigh-Plateau instability concerns liquid jets governed by inertia and… read more here.
Keywords: pearls membrane; rayleigh plateau; instability; pearling instability ... See more keywords
Rolling Soft Membrane-Driven Tensegrity Robots
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DOI: 10.1109/lra.2020.3015185
Abstract: We present a methodology for designing, fabricating, and controlling rolling membrane-driven tensegrity robots. This methodology is enabled by pneumatic membrane actuators and a generalized path planning algorithm for rolling polyhedra. Membrane actuators are planar, assembled… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; driven tensegrity; membrane; membrane driven ... See more keywords