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Multiphase-Field Models of Tissues

Monfared, S., Ardaševa, A., Doostmohammadi, A.

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2025

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Force transmission is a master regulator of mechanical cell competition

Schoenit*, A., Monfared*, S., Anger*, L., et al. (* Co-first authors)

Nature Materials, 2025

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Multi-phase-field Models of Biological Tissues

Monfared, S., Ardaševa, A., Doostmohammadi, A.

arXiv, 2025

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Dynamic forces shape the survival fate of eliminated cells

Balasubramaniam*, L., Monfared*, S., et al. (* Co-first authors)

Nature Physics, 2025

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Short-range correlation of stress chains near solid-to-liquid transition in active monolayers

Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J.E., Doostmohammadi, A.

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 21:20240022, 2024

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Mechanical basis and topological routes to cell elimination

Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J.E., Doostmohammadi, A.

eLife, 12:e82435, 2023

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What is shape? Characterizing particle morphology for topology optimization of granular materials

Burqua de Macedo, R., Monfared, S., Karapiperis, K., Andrade, J.E.

Granular Matter, 25(2), 2023

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Stress percolation criticality of glass to fluid transition in active cell layers

Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J.E., Doostmohammadi, A.

arXiv:2210.08112, 2022

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Stress transmission in entangled granular structures

Karapiperis, K., Monfared, S., Burqua de Macedo, R., Andrade, J.E.

Granular Matter, 24(91), 1369-1394, 2022

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Measuring Terzaghi's effective stress by decoding force transmission in fluid-saturated granular media

Andrade, J.E., Gu, Z., Monfared, S., Mac Donald, K.A., Ravichandran, G.

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 165, 104912, 2022

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Mechanics of live cell elimination

Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J.E., Doostmohammadi, A.

arXiv:2108.07657, 2021

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Effect of confinement on capillary phase transition in granular aggregates

Monfared, S., Zhou, T., Andrade, J.E., Ioannidou, K., Radjai, F., Ulm, F.-J., Pellenq, R. J.-M.

Physical Review Letters, 125, 255501, 2020

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A methodology to calibrate and to validate effective solid potentials of heterogeneous porous media from computed tomography scans and laboratory-measured nanoindentation data

Monfared, S., Laubie, H., Radjai, F., Hubler, M., Pellenq, R. J.-M., Ulm, F.-J.

Acta Geotechnica, 13, 1369, 2018

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Effective potentials and elastic properties in the Lattice-Element Method: Isotropy and Transverse Isotropy

Laubie, H., Monfared, S., Radjai, F., Pellenq, R. J.-M., Ulm, F.-J.

Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, 7, 3, 2017

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Mesoscale poroelasticity of heterogeneous media

Monfared, S., Laubie, H., Radjai, F., Pellenq, R. J.-M., Ulm, F.-J.

Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, 7,4, 2017

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Disorder-induced stiffness degradation of highly disordered porous materials

Laubie, H., Monfared, S., Radjai, F., Pellenq, R. J.-M., Ulm, F.-J.

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106, 207, 2017

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A molecular informed poroelastic model for organic-rich, naturally occurring porous geocomposites

Monfared, S., Ulm, F.-J.

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 88, 186, 2016

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