Illuminating root-soil mechanics
James Le Houx, Daniel McKay Fletcher, Alberto Leonardi, Katherine A. Williams, Nancy C. Walker, Fernando Alvarez‐Borges, Ebrahim Afsar Dizaj, Madhu Murthy, Ronan Smith, Liam Perera, Navid Aslani, Andrew G. James, Sharif I. Ahmed, Tiina Roose, Siul Ruiz
The paper maps strain fields around root tips using synchrotron X-ray techniques and validates findings with finite element simulations.
npj Biological Physics and Mechanics. · Jul 3, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics