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My interdisciplinary research lies at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and computation. I focus on connecting fundamental nonlinear properties of the cell constituents (e.g., lipid membranes and charged polymers) with biological functions such as cellular signaling and transport. In order to accomplish this task, I study a broad range of topics in Soft Matter and Biological Physics, utilizing a variety of methods spanning theory, simulation, and experiment.
פרסומים
- Soft matter self-assembly: from droplets to myelin figures, Nováková, N., Macháček, J., Mussel, M., Nygaard, J. V. & Čejková, J., 1 Oct 2026, In: Surfaces and Interfaces. 98, 110303.
- The membrane as a processor: On the computational potential of lipid membranes, Steinkühler, J. & Mussel, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly. Elsevier B.V., (Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly).
- Head-on collision of longitudinal density pulses near phase transition: Insights from numerical simulations, Das, S., Schneider, M. F., Hamilton, M. F. & Mussel, M., 1 Aug 2025, In: Physics of Fluids. 37, 8, 086109.
- Intelligent soft matter: towards embodied intelligence, Baulin, V. A., Giacometti, A., Fedosov, D. A., Ebbens, S., Varela-Rosales, N. R., Feliu, N., Chowdhury, M., Hu, M., Füchslin, R., Dijkstra, M., Mussel, M., van Roij, R., Xie, D., Tzanov, V., Zu, M., Hidalgo-Caballero, S., Yuan, Y., Cocconi, L., Ghim, C. M. & Cottin-Bizonne, C. & 7 others, , 6 May 2025, In: Soft Matter. 21, 21, p. 4129-4145 17 p.
- Propagation of a chemo-mechanical phase boundary in polyacrylate gels, Kolan, D., Kozawa, S., Weitzer, D., Wnek, G. E. & Mussel, M., 14 Feb 2025, In: Polymer. 319, 128039.
- Toward neuromorphic computing using longitudinal pulses in a fluid near phase transition, Mussel, M. & Marcucci, G., 1 Apr 2024, In: Physics of Fluids. 36, 4, 046111.
- A multidimensional examination of phase separation in single-component fluids, Das, S. & Mussel, M., 1 Apr 2024, In: Physics of Fluids. 36, 4, 044112.
- Ion Partition in Polyelectrolyte Gels and Nanogels, Chremos, A., Mussel, M., Douglas, J. F. & Horkay, F., Nov 2023, In: Gels. 9, 11, 881.
- Information propagated by longitudinal pulses near a van der Waals phase transition, Mussel, M., Sep 2023, In: Physical Review E. 108, 3, 034209.
- Characterizing Oscillatory and Excitability Regimes in a Protein-Free Lipid Membrane, Das, S. & Mussel, M., 25 Apr 2023, In: Langmuir. 39, 16, p. 5752-5760 9 p.
- Dynamic model of monovalent-divalent cation exchange in polyelectrolyte gels, Mussel, M., Lewis, O., Basser, P. J. & Horkay, F., 24 Mar 2022, In: Physical Review Materials. 6, 3, 035602.
- Conservation Laws in Biology: Two New Applications, Mussel, M. & Slemrod, M., Sep 2021, In: Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 79, 3, p. 479-492 14 p.
- Sound pulses in lipid membranes and their potential function in biology, Mussel, M. & Schneider, M. F., Jul 2021, In: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 162, p. 101-110 10 p.
- Ion-induced volume transition in gels and its role in biology, Mussel, M., Basser, P. J. & Horkay, F., Mar 2021, In: Gels. 7, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 20.
- Screening lengths and osmotic compressibility of flexible polyelectrolytes in excess salt solutions, Lopez, C. G., Horkay, F., Mussel, M., Jones, R. L. & Richtering, W., 21 Aug 2020, In: Soft Matter. 16, 31, p. 7289-7298 10 p.
- Experimental Evidence for Universal Behavior of Ion-Induced Volume Phase Transition in Sodium Polyacrylate Gels, Mussel, M. & Horkay, F., 19 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10, 24, p. 7831-7835 5 p.
- Similarities between action potentials and acoustic pulses in a van der Waals fluid, Mussel, M. & Schneider, M. F., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 2467.
- Modelling cell surface dynamics and cell–cell interactions using Cell Studio: A three-dimensional visualization tool based on gaming technology, Liberman, A., Mussel, M., Kario, D., Sprinzak, D. & Nevo, U., 1 Nov 2019, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 16, 160, 0264.
- It sounds like an action potential: Unification of electrical, chemical and mechanical aspects of acoustic pulses in lipids, Mussel, M. & Schneider, M. F., 1 Feb 2019, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 16, 151, 20180743.
- Effects of mono- and divalent cations on the structure and thermodynamic properties of polyelectrolyte gels, Mussel, M., Basser, P. J. & Horkay, F., 2019, In: Soft Matter. 15, 20, p. 4153-4161 9 p.
- Cell studio: A platform for interactive, 3D graphical simulation of immunological processes, Liberman, A., Kario, D., Mussel, M., Brill, J., Buetow, K., Efroni, S. & Nevo, U., 1 Jun 2018, In: APL Bioengineering. 2, 2, 026107.
- Cell Surface Deformation during an Action Potential, Fillafer, C., Mussel, M., Muchowski, J. & Schneider, M. F., 23 Jan 2018, In: Biophysical Journal. 114, 2, p. 410-418 9 p.
- Surface deformation during an action potential in pearled cells, Mussel, M., Fillafer, C., Ben-Porath, G. & Schneider, M. F., 10 Nov 2017, In: Physical Review E. 96, 5, 052406.
- Insignificance of active flow for neural diffusion weighted imaging: A negative result, Mussel, M., Inzelberg, L. & Nevo, U., Aug 2017, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 78, 2, p. 746-753 8 p.
- Dynamics of water and sodium in gels under salt-induced phase transition, Mussel, M., Wilczynski, E., Eliav, U., Gottesman, J., Wilk, M. & Nevo, U., 15 Nov 2015, In: Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. 53, 22, p. 1620-1628 9 p.
- Drag of the cytosol as a transport mechanism in neurons, Mussel, M., Zeevy, K., Diamant, H. & Nevo, U., 17 Jun 2014, In: Biophysical Journal. 106, 12, p. 2710-2719 10 p.
- The 2-loop partition function of large N gauge theories with adjoint matter on S 3, Mussel, M. & Yacoby, R., 2009, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2009, 12, 005.
- Boosting unsupervised grammar induction by splitting complex sentences on function words, Berant, J., Gross, Y., Mussel, M., Sandbank, B., Ruppin, E. & Edelman, S., 2007, Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development. 12 p.