Research Topics
Studying how the topology and chirality of flexible systems shapes material properties and behavior

Recent Publications & Achievements
- Kotorii, Y., Mahmoudi, S., Matsumoto, E., & Yoshida, K. (2025). On the isotopies of tangles in periodic 3‑manifolds using finite covers [Preprint]. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.20940
- Singal, K., Dimitriyev, M. S., Gonzalez, S. E., Cachine, A. P., Quinn, S., & Matsumoto, E. A. (2024). Programming mechanics in knitted materials, stitch by stitch. Nature Communications, 15, Article 2622. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46498-z
- Gonzalez, S. E., Dimitriyev, M. S., Cachine, A. P., & Matsumoto, E. A. (2024). Pulling apart the mechanisms that lead to jammed knitted fabrics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.03940. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.03940 (accepted in Physical Review E)
- Singal, K., Schulz, A., Dimitriyev, M., Kirschner, S., Hu, D., Higgins, C., & Matsumoto, E. (2023, March). Untangling the Collagen of Elephant Skin using Knitted Mimics. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (Vol. 63, pp. S428-S428). JOURNALS DEPT, 2001 EVANS RD, CARY, NC 27513 USA: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

