BioengineeringProceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering SciencesPeer-reviewed
Biomechanics of orientationally ordered epithelial tissue
Patrick W. Alford, Luiza Angheluta, Jorge Viñals
The paper introduces a theoretical framework to model the dynamic feedback between tissue elastic response and cytoskeletal reorganization under stress, showing that nematic order reduces the shear modulus in epithelial tissue.
DOI 10.1098/rspa.2025.0364