We review approaches aimed at deciphering the physical mechanisms responsible for viral
structure and assembly. We discuss the basic principles of condensed matter physics …

The analysis of the electronic properties of strained or lattice deformed graphene combines
ideas from classical condensed matter physics, soft matter, and geometrical aspects of …

This paper reviews recent progress in understanding phenomena such as crumpling, in
which elastic membranes or sheets subject to structureless forces develop sharply curved …

Thermomechanical properties of monolayer graphene with thermal fluctuation are studied
by both statistical mechanics analysis and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. While the …

Topological defects in thin films coating a deformed substrate interact with the underlying
curvature. This coupling mechanism influences the shape of biological structures and …

Origami has emerged as a tool for designing three-dimensional structures from flat films.
Because they can be fabricated by lithographic or roll-to-roll processing techniques, they …

The buckling of thin elastic sheets is a classic mechanical instability that occurs over a wide
range of scales. In the extreme limit of atomically thin membranes like graphene, thermal …

Polymerized phantom membranes are revisited using a nonperturbative renormalization-
group approach. This allows one to investigate both the crumpling transition and the low …

Mechanically bonded membranes of interlocked ring polymers are a significant
generalization of conventional elastic sheets, where connectivity is provided by covalent …

Solution processing of 2D materials such as graphene is important for applications thereof,
yet a complete fundamental understanding of how 2D materials behave dynamically in …