Energy Minimizing Surface Tension Configurations for Microparticles

Andrea Bertozzi
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Mathematics and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Single cell bioscience involves analyzing dynamics of cells on the microscale. This is a complex engineering problem when single-cell chemical secretions are of interest to be measured with precision.
To this end - researchers at UCLA has developed a modern technology known as "nanovials" or "drop carrier particles" that use surface tension physics in a novel way. In this talk we will show how the mathematics and statistical mechanics of energy minimizing surfaces has been studied to present a physical theory for how such devices work and are fabricated. This research is through of a joint effort between UCLA's Mathematics Department (Bertozzi lab) and the Department of Bioengineering (Di Carlo lab), funded by the Simons Foundation Math + X program.


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