Publications

J. N. Graham and J. Rozman, Junctional-fluctuation-mediated fluidization of multi-phase-field epithelial monolayers, Phys. Rev. E 114, 024407 (2026). 

J. Rozman, S. P. Thampi, and J. M. Yeomans, Why extensile and contractile tissues could be hard to tell apart, Commun. Phys. (2026).

D. E. P. Pinto, J. Rozman, and J. M. Yeomans, Multi-phase field model reveals internal dissipation is crucial for spontaneous hole formation in cell monolayers, Nat. Commun. 17, 8288 (2026).

A. Pearson, A. Alshammari, G. J. Strachan, M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, N. Vaupotič, R. Walker, and E. Górecka, Diverse helical structures made of achiral mesogenic dimers, Nat. Commun. 30, 6090 (2026).  

N. Vaupotič, T. Krajnc, E. Górecka, D. Pociecha, and V. Matko, Ferroelectric nematics : materials with high permittivity or low resistivity?, Liq. Cryst. 53, 9 (2026). 

M. Šako, S. Jansen, H.J. Schenk, R.R. Netz, E. Schneck, and M. Kanduč, How lipids suppress cavitation in biological fluids, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 703, 139286 (2026).

K.R. Dormann, J. Reed, C. Shen, D. Mitlewski, M. Kanduč, B. Liebchen, and E. Schneck, Quantifying surfactant adsorption at fluid interfaces by combining X-ray reflectivity and simulations, Langmuir 42, 16180 (2026).

S. Babaei, M. Kanduč, B. Coasne, and M. Ostadhassan, Adsorption-induced pore volume deformation: implications for excess adsorption in kerogen matrices, Langmuir 42, 18757 (2026).

M. Krajnc, T. Comi, S. Miao, A. Hafeez, H. Serviansky, P. Li, and T. Stern, A controlled in silico benchmark for GNN prediction of tissue dynamics, npj Syst. Biol. Appl. (2026).

U. Andrenšek and M. Krajnc, Emergent epithelial elasticity governed by interfacial surface mechanics and substrate interaction, Commun. Phys. 9, 118 (2026). 

T. Sarkar and M. Krajnc, Reentrant rigidity transition in planar epithelia with volume- and area elasticity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 068404 (2026). 

D. Pociecha, J. Szydłowska, N. Vaupotič, K. Kwiatkowska, M. Juodka, J. Spiess, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, R. Walker, and E. Górecka, Twist grain boundary phases in proper ferroelectric liquid crystals realm, Adv. Sci. 12, e08405 (2025).

B. Basnet, P. Kumari, S. Paladugu, D. Pociecha, J. Karcz, P. Kula, N. Vaupotič, E. Górecka, and O. D. Lavrentovich, Helix alignment, chevrons, and edge dislocations in twist-bend ferroelectric nematics, Adv. Sci. e15752 (2025). 

G. J. Strachan, S. J. Ramsay, M. Juodka, D. Pociecha, J. Szydłowska, J. M. D. Storey, N. Vaupotič, R. Walker, and E. Górecka, Interplay of polar order and positional order in liquid crystals-observation of re-entrant ferroelectric nematic phase, Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 64, e202516302 (2025). 

A. Gnidovec, E. Locatelli, S. Čopar, A. Božič, E. Bianchi, Anisotropic DLVO-like interaction for charge patchiness in colloids and proteins, Nat. Commun. 16, 4277 (2025).

A. Božič, R. Podgornik, Increased preference for lysine over arginine in spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86 variant and its daughter lineages, PLoS ONE 20, e0320891 (2025).

D. Vaupotič, J. Morand, L. Tubiana, A. Božič, Normalized topological indices discriminate between architectures of branched macromolecules, J. Chem. Phys. 162, 1 (2025).

M. Domingo, H. V. Guzman, M. Kanduč, and J. Faraudo, Electrostatic interaction between SARS-CoV‑2 and charged surfaces: spike protein evolution changed the game,  J. Chem. Inf. Model. 65, 240 (2025).

P. Loche, M Kanduč, E. Schneck, and R.R. Netz, Water cavitation results from the kinetic competition of bulk, surface, and surface-defect nucleation events, Phys. Fluids 37, 024122 (2025).

M. Šako, R.R. Netz, and M. Kanduč, Impact of nanoscopic impurity aggregates on cavitation in water, J. Surf. Interfaces. 62, 106243 (2025).

M. Šako, F. Staniscia, R.R. Netz, E. Schneck, and M. Kanduč, Nanoscale defects and heterogeneous cavitation in water, J. Mol. Liq. 431, 127797 (2025).

F. Staniscia and M. Kanduč, Curvature-dependent adsorption of surfactants in water nanodroplets and nanobubbles, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 698, 137928 (2025).

V. Movrin and M. Krajnc, Initiation of epithelial wound closure by an active instability at the purse string, Biophys. J. 124, 107 (2025).