One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli.
As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and out of …

Microcapsules are reviewed with special emphasis on the relevance of controlled
mechanical properties for functional aspects. At first, assembly strategies are presented that …

Cell membranes are vital to shield a cell's interior from the environment. At the same time
they determine to a large extent the cell's mechanical resistance to external forces. In recent …

RBCs are known to release ATP, which acts as a signaling molecule to cause dilation of
blood vessels. A reduction in the release of ATP from RBCs has been linked to diseases …

In this study, we developed a hybrid immersed interface and phase-field lattice Boltzmann
(LB) method to simulate multiphase ferrofluid flows. The Laplace equation for the magnetic …

Over the last decade, the Lattice Boltzmann method has found major scope for the
simulation of a large spectrum of problems in soft matter, from multiphase and multi …

We have performed direct numerical simulation (DNS) of a lipid vesicle under Stokes flow
conditions in simple shear flow. The lipid membrane is modelled as a two-dimensional …

We review the dynamical behavior of giant fluid vesicles in various types of external
hydrodynamic flow. The interplay between stresses arising from membrane elasticity …

The problem of the splitting of a suspension in bifurcating channels divided into two
branches of non-equal flow rates is addressed. As has long been observed, in particular in …

Three-dimensional numerical simulation using the front-tracking method is presented on the
dynamics of a vesicle in a linear shear flow. The focus here is to elucidate the parametric …