MATSUMOTO

Our research focuses on the geometry and topology of soft materials, in particular the effects of nonlinear elasticity on emergent structural and mechanical properties in complex systems. This encompasses a broad class of systems in several fields, from soft condensed matter physics to materials science to mechanical and biomedical engineering, with problems including programmable matter, pattern formation and elastic instabilities and the structure of membranes and interfaces.

Also known as: Matsumoto Group