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CNRS Research director
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Research interests

Mechanics of integrated and artificial biological systems

Publications

2023

Interaction of the mechanosensitive microswimmer Paramecium with obstacles - Royal Society Open Science (May. 2023)
N. Escoubet , R. Brette , L.L. Pontani , A.M. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1098/rsos.221645
A simple method to make, trap and deform a vesicle in a gel - Scientific Reports (Apr. 2023)
P. Tapie , L. Montel , A. Prevost , L.L. Pontani , E. Wandersman
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31996-9
An electrophysiological and kinematic model of Paramecium, the “swimming neuron” - PLOS Computational Biology (Feb. 2023)
I. Elices , A. Kulkarni , N. Escoubet , L.L. Pontani , A.M. Prevost , R. Brette
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010899

2021

A bending fluctuation-based mechanism for particle detection by ciliated structures - PNAS (Sep. 2021)
J.B. Thomazo , B. Le Réverend , L.L. Pontani , A. Prevost , E. Wandersman
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020402118
Toucher digital humain et mécano-transduction - L'Archicube (May. 2021)
A.M. Prevost , J. Scheibert
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:
Adhesion as a trigger of droplet polarization in flowing emulsions - Soft Matter (Mar. 2021)
I. Golovkova , L. Montel , F. Pan , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost , T. Bertrand , L.L. Pontani
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1039/d1sm00097g

2020

Collective stiffening of soft hair assemblies - Physical Review E Rapid Communication (Jul. 2020)
J.B. Thomazo , E. Lauga , B. Le Révérend , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.102.010602
A simple device to immobilize protists for electrophysiology and microinjection - Journal of Experimental Biology (Jun. 2020)
A. Kulkarni , I. Elices , N. Escoubet , L.L. Pontani , A.M. Prevost , R. Brette
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1242/jeb.219253

2019

Probing in-mouth texture perception with a biomimetic tongue - Journal of Royal Society Interface (Oct. 2019)
J.B. Thomazo , J.C. Pastenes , C.J. Pipe , B. Le Révérend , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1098/rsif.2019.0362
Diffusion through Nanopores in Connected Lipid Bilayer Networks - Phys. Rev. Lett. (Aug. 2019)
M. Valet , L.L. Pontani , R. Voituriez , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.088101
Adhesive contact of model randomly rough rubber surfaces - Tribology Letters (Apr. 2019)
V. Acito , M. Ciavarella , A.M. Prevost , A. Chateauminois
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-019-1164-9

2018

Quasistatic Microdroplet Production in a Capillary Trap - Phys. Rev. Applied (Feb. 2018)
M. Valet , L.L. Pontani , A. Prevost , E. Wandersman
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.014002

2016

Whisker contact detection of rodents based on slow and fast mechanical inputs - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Dec. 2016)
N. Claverie , Y. Boubenec , G. Debrégeas , A. Prevost , E. Wandersman
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00251

2015

Soft Lithography Using Nectar Droplets - Langmuir (Nov. 2015)
S. Biswas, , A. Chakrabarti, , A. Chateauminois, , E. Wandersman , A. Prevost , M.K. Chaudhury,
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03829
Normal contact and friction of rubber with model randomly rough surfaces - Soft Matter (Feb. 2015)
S. Yashima , V. Romero , E. Wandersman , C. Frétigny , M.K. Chaudhury , A. Chateauminois , A.M. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1039/c4sm02346c

2014

Probing Locally the Onset of Slippage at a Model Multicontact Interface - Physical Review Letter (Mar. 2014)
V. Romero , E. Wandersman , G. Debrégeas , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.094301

2011

Texture-Induced Modulations of Friction Force: The Fingerprint Effect - Physical Review Letters (Oct. 2011)
E. Wandersman , R. Candelier , G. Debregeas , A. Prevost
  URL Full text PDF Bibtex doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.164301