Publications

[15] Multiscale interfacial mechanics of soft solids
N. Bain, L.A. Willen, D. Gerber, M. Zu, C. Goodrich, S. Duraivel, K. Varma, H. Koganti, R.W. Style, and E.R. Dufresne
Physical Review X (2026)
DOI: doi.org/10.1103/8msx-l8s7

[14] Capillary and priming pressures control the penetration of yield-stress fluids through non-wetting 2D meshes.
M. Bourgade, N.Bain, L. Vanel, M. Leocmach, and C. Barentin
Soft Matter (2025)
DOI: 10.1039/D5SM00759C
Press: CNRS Actualités

[13] Predicting and modeling emergent collective oscillations in massive crowds.
F. Gu, B. Guiselin, N.Bain, I. Zuriguel, and D. Bartolo
Nature (2025)
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08514-6
Press: The New York Times

[12] Dehydration drives damage in the freezing of brittle hydrogels.
S. Yang, D. Gerber, Y. Feng, N. Bain, M. Kuster, L. de Lorenzis, Y. Xu, E.R. Dufresne, and R.W. Style
Science Advances (2024)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado775

[11] From a distance: Shuttleworth revisited.
S. Heyden and N.Bain
Soft Matter (2024)
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00078A

[10] Reply to the ‘Comment on “Surface elastic constants of a soft solid”’ by E. Gutman, Soft Matter, 2022, 18, DOI: 10.1039/D1SM01412A.
N. Bain, S. Heyden, Q. Xu, R.W. Style and E.R. Dufresne
Soft Matter (2022)
DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00249C

[9] Geometrical frustration of phase-separated domains in Coscinodiscus diatom frustules.
M. Feofilova, S. Schüepp, F. Hacker, H.T. Spanke, N. Bain, K.E. Jensen and E.R. Dufresne
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201014119

[8] Surface tension and the strain-dependent topography of soft solids.
N. Bain , A. Jagota, K. Smith-Mannschott, S. Heyden, R.W. Style and E.R. Dufresne
Physical Review Letters (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022305

[7] Measuring surface tensions of soft solids with huge contact-angle hysteresis.
J.Y. Kim, S. Heyden, D. Gerber, N. Bain, E.R. Dufresne and R.W. Style
Physical Review X (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031004

[6] Droplets sit and slide anisotropically on soft, stretched substrates.
K. Smith-Mannschott, Q. Xu, S. Heyden, N. Bain, J.H. Snoeijer, E.R. Dufresne and R.W. Style
Physical Review Letters (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.158004

[5] Contact lines on stretched soft solids: modeling anisotropic surface stresses.
S. Heyden, N. Bain, Q. Xu, R.W. Style and E.R. Dufresne
Proceedings of the Royal Society (2021)
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0673

[4] How surface stress transforms surface profiles and adhesion of rough elastic bodies.
C.Y. Hui, Z. Liu, N. Bain, A. Jagota, E.R. Dufresne, R.W. Style, R. Kiyama and J.P. Gong
Proceedings of the Royal Society (2020)
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0477

[3] Dynamic response and hydrodynamics of polarized crowds.
N. Bain and D. Bartolo
Science (2019)
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat9891
Press: Le Monde

[2] Critical mingling and universal correlations in model binary active liquids.
N. Bain and D. Bartolo
Nature Communications (2017)
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15969

[1] Velocity statistics of the Nagel-Schreckenberg model.
N. Bain, T. Emig, F.J. Ulm and M. Schreckenberg
Physical Review E (2016)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022305