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2009
- Nonequilibrium scale selection mechanism for columnar jointing
L. Goehring L. Mahadevan, and S. Morris, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 106, 387, 2009. 
- Self-organization of a mesoscale bristle into ordered hierarchical helical assemblies
B. Pokroy, S. Kang, L. Mahadevan, and J. Aizenberg, Science, 323, 237, 2009. 
- Statistical dynamics of flowing red blood cells by morphological image processing
J. Higgins, D. Eddington, S. Bhatia and L. Mahadevan, PLoS Computational Biology, 5, e1000288, 2009. 
- Botanical ratchets
I. Kulic, M. Mani, H. Mohrbach, R. Thaokar, L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B), Biological Sciences, 276, 2243-47, 2009. 
- Hygromorphs: from pine cones to biomimetic bilayers
E. Reyssat and L. Mahadevan, Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0184, 2009. 
- Tissue Tectonics: morphogenetic strain rates, cell shape change and intercalation
G. Blanchard, A. Kabla, L. Butler, B. Sanson, N. Gorfinkiel, L. Mahadevan and R. Adams, Nature Methods, 6(6), 458-64, 2009. 
- Cell shape changes indicate a role for extrinsic tensile forces in Drosophila germ-band extension
L. Butler, G. Blanchard, A. Kabla, N. Lawrence, D. Welchman, L. Mahadevan, R. Adams and B. Sanson, Nature Cell Biology, 11(7), 859-64, 2009. 
- Strain induced alignment in collagen gels
D. Vader, A. Kabla, D. Weitz and L. Mahadevan, PLoS One, 4 (6), e5902, 2009. 
- Calcium regulation of an actin spring
B. Tam, J. Shin, E. Pfeiffer, P. Matsudaira and L. Mahadevan, Biophysical Journal, 97, 1125, 2009. 
- Animal cell hydraulics
G. Charras, T. Mitchison and L. Mahadevan, Journal of Cell Science, 122, 3233, 2009. 
2008
- Power-limited contraction dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: an ultrafast biological spring
A. Upadhyaya, M. Baraban, J. Wong, P. Matsudaira, A. van Oudenaarden and L. Mahadevan, Biophysical Journal, 94, 265, 2008. 
- Life and times of a cellular bleb
G. Charras, M. Coughlin, T. Mitchison and L. Mahadevan, Biophysical Journal, 94, 1836, 2008. 
- A quantitative analysis of contractility in active cytoskeletal protein networks
P. Bendix, G. Koenderink, D. Cuvelier, Z. Dogic, B. Koeleman, W. Brieher, C. Field, L. Mahadevan and D. Weitz, Biophysical Journal, 94, 3126, 2008. 
- Equilibrium of an elastically confined liquid drop
H-M. Kwon, H-Y. Kim, J. Puell and L. Mahadevan, Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 093519, 2008. 
- Limbless undulatory propulsion on land
Z. Guo and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 105, 3179, 2008. 
- Signal processing by HOG MAP kinase pathway
P. Hersen, M. McClean, L. Mahadevan, and S. Ramanathan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 105, 7165, 2008. 
- Localized and extended deformations of elastic shells
A. Vaziri and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 105, 7913, 2008. 
- Optimal vein density in artificial and real leaves
X. Noblin, L. Mahadevan, I. Coomaraswamy, D. Weitz, N. Holbrook and M. Zwieniecki, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 105, 9140, 2008. 
- Dynamics of chromatin decondensation reveals the structural integrity of a mechanically prestressed nucleus
A. Mazumder, T. Roopa, A. Basu, L. Mahadevan, and G. Shivashankar, Biophysical Journal, 95, 3028, 2008. 
- How kelp produce blade shapes suited to different flow regimes: A new wrinkle
M. Koehl, W. Silk, H. Liang and L. Mahadevan, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 48(6), 834, 2008. 
- Implications of a poroelastic cytoplasm for the dynamics of animal cell shape
T. Mitchison, G. Charras and L. Mahadevan, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 19, 215, 2008. 
- Polymer science and biology: structure and dynamics at multiple scales (Opening Lecture)
L. Mahadevan, Faraday Discussions, 139, 9, 2008. 
- Quantifying the relation between bond number and myoblast proliferation
T. Boontheekul, Hyun-Joon Kong, S. Hsiong,
Y-C. Huang, L. Mahadevan, H. Vandenburgh and D. Mooney, Faraday Discussions, 139, 53, 2008. 
- Elasticity of floppy and stiff random networks
M. Wyart, H. Liang, A. Kabla,and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 101, 215501, 2008. 
2007
- Curvature condensation and bifurcation in an elastic
shell
M.
Das, A. Vaziri, A. Kudrolli, and L.
Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 98,
014301, 2007. 
- Persistence of a pinch in a pipe
L. Mahadevan, A. Vaziri and
M. Das, Europhysics Letters, 77,
40003, 2007.
- Nonlinear mechanics of soft fibrous networks
A. Kabla and L. Mahadevan, Journal
of the Royal Society - Interface, 4,
99, 2007. 
- The universal dynamics
of cell spreading
D. Cuvelier, M. Thery, Y-S. Chu, S. Dufour,
J-P. Thiery, M. Bornens, P. Nassoy, and L.
Mahadevan, Current Biology , 17,
694, 2007.

- Force of an actin spring
J.H.
Shin, B.K. Tam, R.R. Brau, M.J. Lang, L.
Mahadevan, and Paul Matsudaira, Biophysical
Journal, 92,
3729, 2007. 
- Gravitational stability of suspensions of attractive colloidal particles.
C. Kim, Y. Liu, A. Kuhnle, S. Hess, S. Viereck, T. Danner, L. Mahadevan, and D. Weitz, Physical Review Letters, 99, 028303, 2007.
- Mechanosensation and mechanical loads modulate the locomotory gait of swimming C. elegans
J. Korta, D. Clark, C. Gabel, L. Mahadevan, and A. Samuel, Journal of Experimental Biology, 210, 2383, 2007. 
- Settling and swimming of flexible fluid lubricated foils
M. Argentina, J. Skotheim and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 99, 224053, 2007. 
- Sickle cell vaso-occlusion and rescue in a microfluidic device
J. Higgins, D. Eddington, S. Bhatia and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 104, 20496, 2007. 
2006
- Transitions
to nematic
states
in homogeneous
suspensions
of high
aspect
ratio
magnetic
rods
A.B.
Subramaniam,
M. Abkarian, L.
Mahadevan,
and
H.A.
Stone, Langmuir, 22,
10204,
2006.
- Capillary rise between elastic sheets
H-Y
Kim and
L. Mahadevan,
Journal
of Fluid
Mechanics,
548, 141,
2006. 
- Superficial wrinkles in stretched, drying
gelatin films
R. Rizzieri, L.
Mahadevan, A. Vaziri
and A. Donald,
Langmuir, 22, 3622,
2006. 
- A simple model for the dynamics of adhesive
failure
D. Vella
and L. Mahadevan,
Langmuir, 22, 163,
2006. 
- Crack-front instability in a confined elastic
film
M.
Adda
Bedia and L.
Mahadevan, Proceedings
of the Royal
Society of London,
series A, 462, 3233, 2006. 
- Dynamics of surfactant-driven fracture of
particle rafts
D. Vella,
H-Y Kim, P. Aussillous
and L. Mahadevan, Physical
Review Letters,
96, 178301, 2006. 
- Dynamics of fracture in drying suspensions
E. Dufresene, D. Stark, N. Greenblatt, J. Cheng, J. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan and D. Weitz, Langmuir, 22, 7144, 2006. 
- Modeling DNA loops using the theory of elasticity
A. Balaeff, L. Mahadevan and K. Schulten, Physical Review E, 73, 031919, 2006. 
- Microtubules can bear enhanced compressive loads in living cells because of lateral reinforcements
C. Brangwynne, F. Mackintosh, S. Kumar, N. Geisse, J. Talbot, L. Mahadevan, K. Parker, D. Ingber and D. Weitz, Journal of Cell Biology , 173, 733, 2006. 
- Fall and rise of a viscoelastic filament
A. Roy, L. Mahadevan and J-L Thiffeault, Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 563, 283, 2006.
- Mechanics of Interfacial Composite Materials
A.B. Subramaniam, M. Abkarian, L.
Mahadevan, and H.A. Stone, Langmuir, 22,
10204, 2006. 
- Sensorimotor control during isothermal tracking in Caenorhabditis elegans
L. Luo, D.A. Clark, D. Biron, L.
Mahadevan, and A.D.T. Samuel, The
Journal of Experimental Biology 209,
4652, 2006. 
- A dynamic fate map of the forebrain shows how vertebrate eyes form and explains two causes of cyclopia
S.J. England, G.B. Blanchard, L.
Mahadevan, and R.J. Adams, Development, 133,
4613, 2006. 
2005
- Fluid-flow induced flutter
of a flag,
M. Argentina and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 102,
1829-34, 2005.
- Spontaneous
folding
of
planar
surfaces
into
three-dimensional
objects
by
magnetic
self-assembly,
M. Boncheva, S. Andreev, L. Mahadevan, A. Winkelman, D. Reichman, M. Prentiss,
S. Whitesides and G. Whitesides, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(USA), 102, 3924-29, 2005. 
- Buckling
of
drying
droplets
of
colloidal
suspensions,
N. Tsapsi, E. Dufresne, S. Sinha, C. Riera, J. Hutchinson, L. Mahadevan,
D. Weitz, Physical Review Letters, 94, 018302, 2005. 
- Using the peel test to measure
the work of adhesion in a confined elastic film,
A. Ghatak, L. Mahadevan and M. Chaudhury, Langmuir, 21,
1277-81, 2005.
- Confined elastic developable
surfaces: cylinders, cones and the elastica,
E. Cerda and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
(A), 461, 671-700, 2005.
- Hydrodynamical models for
the chaotic dripping faucet,
P. Coullet, L. Mahadevan and C. Riera, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 526,
1-17, 2005. 
- How the Venus Flytrap snaps,
Y. Forterre, J. Skotheim, J. Dumais and L. Mahadevan, Nature, 433,
421-25, 2005.
- Self-similar nested wrinkling
patterns in skins,
K. Efimenko, M. Rackaitis, E. Manias, A. Vaziri, L. Mahadevan and J. Genzer, Nature — Materials, 4,
293-97, 2005.
- Self-organized origami,
L.
Mahadevan and
S.
Rica, Science, 307,
1740,
2005. 
- Non-equilibration of hydrostatic
pressure in blebbing cells,
G. Charras, J. Yarrow, M. Horton, L. Mahadevan and T. Mitchison, Nature, 435,
365-69. 2005.
- Physical limits and design
principles for plant and fungal movements,
J. Skotheim and L. Mahadevan, Science, 308,
1308-10, 2005.
- Gravitational collapse of
colloidal gels,
S. Manley, J.M. Skotheim, L. Mahadevan, D. Weitz, Physical
Review Letters, 94, 218302, 2005 
- The ‘Cheerios Effect’,
D. Vella and L. Mahadevan, American Journal of Physics, 73,
817-825, 2005.
- Soft lubrication: the elastohydrodynamics
of conforming and non-conforming contacts,
J. Skotheim and L. Mahadevan, Physics of Fluids, 17,
092101, 2005. 
- Solenoids and Plectonemes
in stretched and twisted elastomeric filaments,
A.
Ghatak and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review
Letters , 95, 057801, 2005. 
-
Powerful
curves,
L.
Mahadevan and
T.
Mitchison, Nature,
435,
895,
2005.
-
Non-spherical
bubbles,
A.
Balasubramaniam, M. Abkarian, L. Mahadevan and H.A. Stone, Nature, 438,
930, 2005.
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2004
- Dynamics of poroelastic
filaments,
Skotheim,
J. and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London (A), 460,
1995-2020 (2004). 
- Multiscale methods for modeling
protein-DNA complexes,
Villa,
E. , Balaeff, A., L. Mahadevan and K. Schulten, SIAM
Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 2,
527-553 (2004). 
- Structural model for cooperative
DNA binding by CAP and Lac repressor,
Balaeff,
A., L. Mahadevan and K. Schulten, Structure, 12,
123-32, 2004. 
- Popliteal instability of
bent multi-walled elastic tubes,
Mahadevan, L., J. Bico and G. McKinley, Europhysics
Letters, 65 (3), 323-29, 2004. 
- Elasticity of interfacial
particle rafts, Vella, D., P. Aussillous
and L. Mahadevan, Europhysics Letters, 68 (2),
212-18, 2004.

- Relating microstructure to
rheology of a bundled and cross-linked F-actin
network in-vitro,
Shin,
J., M. Gardel, L. Mahadevan, P. Matsudaira
and D. Weitz, Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences (USA), 101 (26),
9636-41 (2004).
- Elements of Draping,
Cerda,
E., L. Mahadevan and J. Passini, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 101 (7),
1806-10, 2004.
- Biomimetic ratcheting motion
of lubricated hydrogel filaments,
Mahadevan, L., S. Daniel and M. Chaudhury, Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 101,
23-26, 2004. 
- Modeling DNA loops using continuum
and statistical mechanics,
Balaeff, A., C. Koudella, L. Mahadevan and
K. Schulten, Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London (A), 362,
1355-71, 2004.
- Bending stiffness of a crystalline
actin bundle,
Shin,
J., L. Mahadevan, P.T. So and P. Matsudaira, Journal
of Molecular Biology, 337,
255-61, 2004.
- Capillarity-induced zippering
of a flexible train floating on an air-water interface,
Vella,
D., H-Y. Kim and L. Mahadevan, Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 502, 89-98,
2004. 
- Elastic behavior of cross-linked
and bundled actin networks,
Gardel,
M., J. Shin, F. Mackintosh, L. Mahadevan,
P. Matsudaira and D. Weitz, Science, 304,
1301-5, 2004. 
- Peeling from a patterned
thin elastic film,
Ghatak,
A., L. Mahadevan, J. Yun, M. Chaudhury and
V. Shenoy, Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London (A), 460, 2725-35 (2004). 
- Scaling of F-actin rheology
to probe single filament elasticity and dynamics,
Gardel,
M., J. Shin, F. Mackintosh, L. Mahadevan,
P. Matsudaira and D. Weitz, Physical Review Letters, 93,
188102, 2004.
- Peeling, healing and bursting
in lubricated elastic sheets,
Hosoi,
A. and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 93,
137802, 2004.
- Soft lubrication,
Skotheim, J. and L. Mahadevan, Physical
Review Letters, 92, 245509,
2004.
- Photo-induced deformation
of beams, plates and films,
Warner,
M. and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters, 92,
134302, 2004.
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2003
- Crack street: the cycloidal
wake of a cylinder ripping through a thin solid
sheet,
Ghatak,
A. and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters. 91,
215507, 2003. See
also Erratum, Comment and Reply 94,
119901, 129601, 129602
- The viscous catenary,
Teichman,
J. and L. Mahadevan, Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 478, pp. 71-80,
2003.
- Geometry and physics of wrinkling,
Cerda,
E. and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review
Letters, 90 (7) 074302, 2003
(Physical Review Focus Article).
- The force-velocity relationship
for the actin-based motility of Listeria-Monocytogenes,
McGrath,
J., J. Eungdamrong, C. Fisher, F. Peng, L. Mahadevan,
T. Mitchison and S. Kuo, Current Biology, 13 (1-20),
1-6, 2003.
- Rings, rackets and kinks
in filamentous assemblies,
Cohen,
A. and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences (USA), 100,
12141-46, 2003.
- Stored elastic energy powers
the 60-micron extension of the Limulus polyphemus
sperm actin bundle,
Shin, J., L. Mahadevan,
G. Waller, K. Langsmo and P. Matsudaira, Journal
of Cell Biology, 162(7),
1183-88, 2003.
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2002
- Shocks in sand flowing in
a silo,
Samadani,
A., L. Mahadevan and A. Kudrolli, Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 452,
293-301, 2002. 
- Four-phase merging in compound
drops,
Mahadevan, L., M. Adda Bedia and Y. Pomeau, Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 451, pp.
411-20, 2002. 
- How aphids lose their marbles,
Pike,
N., D. Richard, W. Foster and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London, Series (B), Biological
Sciences, 269, 1211-15, 2002.
- Wrinkling of a stretched
elastic sheet,
Cerda,
E., K. Ravi-Chandar and L. Mahadevan, Nature, 419,
579, 2002. 
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1993-2001
- Non-stick water,
Mahadevan, L., Nature, 411,
895-96, 2001.
- Folding of viscous filaments
and sheets,
Skorobogatiy,
M., and L. Mahadevan, Europhysics Letters, 52,
532-38, 2000.
- Chaotic dripping from a faucet,
Coullet,
P., L. Mahadevan and C. Riera, Progress
in Theoretical Physics Supplement, 139,
507-516, 2000. 
- Motility driven by macromolecular
springs and ratchets,
Mahadevan, L. and P. Matsudaira, Science, 288,
95-99, 2000. 
- Rippling instability of a
collapsing Bubble,
da
Silveira, R., S. Chaieb and L. Mahadevan, Science, 287,
1468-71, 2000. 
- Tumbling cards,
Mahadevan, L., W. Ryu, and A.D.T. Samuel, Physics
of Fluids, 11, 1-3, 1999.
- Axial instability of a free-surface
front in a partially-filled horizontal rotating
cylinder,
Hosoi,
A.E., and L. Mahadevan, Physics of Fluids, 11,
97-106, 1999. 
- Propagating fronts on sandpile
surfaces,
Mahadevan, L. and Y. Pomeau, Europhysics
Letters, 46, 595-601, 1999.
- Elastic model of a DNA loop
in the lac operon,
Balaeff,
A., L. Mahadevan, and K. Schulten, Physical
Review Letters, 83, 4900-03,
1999. 
- Rolling droplets,
Mahadevan, L., and Y. Pomeau, Physics
of Fluids, 11, 2449-53, 1999.
- Conical dislocations in crumpling,
Cerda,
E., S. Chaieb, F. Melo and L. Mahadevan, Nature, 401,
46-49, 1999.
- Fluid rope trick investigated,
Mahadevan, L., W. Ryu, and A.D.T. Samuel, Nature, 391, 140,
1998. Corrigendum; ibid., 403, 502,
2000.
- Conical surfaces and crescent
singularities in crumpled sheets,
Cerda,
E., and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review
Letters, 80, 2358-61, 1998.
- Experimental study of instabilities
in a partially-filled horizontally-rotating cylinder,
Thoroddsen,
S.T., and L. Mahadevan, Experiments in
Fluids, 23, 1-13, 1997. 
- Colliding waves in an excitable
medium: preservation, annihilation and bifurcation,
Argentina,
M., P. Coullet, and L. Mahadevan, Physical
Review Letters, 79, 2803-07,
1997. 
- Tumbling of a falling card,
Mahadevan, L., Comptes
Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Paris, Series
II, 323, 729-736, 1996.
- Shark-teeth patterns
in coating flow inside a horizontally-rotating
cylinder,
Thoroddsen,
S.T., and L. Mahadevan, Physics of Fluids, 8(9),
S10, 1996.
- Coiling of flexible
ropes,
Mahadevan, L., and J.B. Keller, Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 1452, 1679-1694,
1996. 
- Periodic folding of thin
sheets,
Mahadevan, L., and J.B. Keller, SIAM Journal
on Applied Mathematics, 55(6) ,
1609-1624, 1995.
- Comment on "Behavior
of a falling paper,"
Mahadevan, L., H. Aref, and S.W. Jones, Physical
Review Letters, 75 , 1420,
1995. 
- The shape of a Möbius
band,
Mahadevan, L., and J.B. Keller, Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 1440,
149-162, 1993.
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