Publications

Below is an nearly updated list of publications. See also my google scholar and Researcher ID profiles.

• N. Chahare, A. Ouzeri, T. Wilson, P.K. Bal, Tom Golde, G. Vilanova, P. Pujol-Vives, P. Roca-Cusachs, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo (2025). Multiscale wrinkling dynamics in epithelial shells. bioRxiv, 2025.06.30.662426.

• P. Guillamat, W. Mirza, P.K. Bal, M. Gómez-González, P. Roca-Cusachs, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2025). Guidance of cellular nematics into shape-programmable living surfaces. bioRxiv, 2025.06.27.660992.

• A. Ouzeri, S. Kale, N. Chahare, A. Torres-Sanchez, D. Santos, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo (2025). Theory of multiscale epithelial mechanics under stretch: from active gels to vertex models. bioRxiv, 2025.03.23.644792.

• P. K. Bal, A. Ouzeri, M. Arroyo (2025). Continuum theory for the mechanics of curved epithelial shells by coarse-graining an ensemble of active gel cellular surfaces. bioRxiv, 2025.02.27.640501.

• J. Font-Reverter, A. Torres-Sánchez, G. Vilanova, M. Arroyo (2024). Mechanisms enabling efficient fountain-flow supracellular migration. arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.11969.

• W. Mirza, A. Torres-Sánchez, G. Vilanova, M. Arroyo (2025). Variational formulation of active nematic fluids: theory and simulation. New Journal of Physics.

• G. Cicconofri, P. Blanco, G. Vilanova, P. Sáez, M. Arroyo (2024). Active interfacial degradation/deposition of an elastic matrix by a fluid inclusion: Theory and pattern formation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 191, 105773.

• L. M. Faure, M. Gómez-González, O. Baguer, J. Comelles, E. Martínez, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat, P. Roca-Cusachs (2024). 3D Micropatterned Traction Force Microscopy: A Technique to Control 3D Cell Shape While Measuring Cell-Substrate Force Transmission. Advanced Science, 11(46), 2406932.

• W. Mirza, M. De Corato, M. Pensalfini, G. Vilanova, A. Torres-Sánchez, M. Arroyo (2024). Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton. eLife, 13, RP93097.

• C. Dinet, A. Torres-Sánchez, R. Lanfranco, L. Di Michele, M. Arroyo, M. Staykova (2023). Patterning and dynamics of membrane adhesion under hydraulic stress. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7445.

• Z. Kechagia, P. Sáez, M. Gómez-González, B. Canales, S. Viswanadha, M. Zamarbide, I. Andreu, T. Koorman, A. E. Beedle, A. Elosegui-Artola, P. W. B. Derksen, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo, P. Roca-Cusachs(2023). The laminin--keratin link shields the nucleus from mechanical deformation and signalling. Nature Materials, 22(11), 1409--1420.

• F. Lolo, N. Walani, E. Seemann, D. Zalvidea, D. M. Pavón, G. Cojoc, M. Zamai, C. Viaris de Lesegno, F. Martínez de Benito, M. Sánchez-Álvarez, others (2023). Caveolin-1 dolines form a distinct and rapid caveolae-independent mechanoadaptation system. Nature Cell Biology, 25(1), 120--133.

• A. Marín-Llauradó, S. Kale, A. Ouzeri, T. Golde, R. Sunyer, A. Torres-Sánchez, E. Latorre, M. Gómez-González, P. Roca-Cusachs, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2023). Mapping mechanical stress in curved epithelia of designed size and shape. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4014.

• H. Noguchi, N. Walani, M. Arroyo (2023). Estimation of anisotropic bending rigidities and spontaneous curvatures of crescent curvature-inducing proteins from tethered-vesicle experimental data. Soft Matter, 19(28), 5300--5310.

• M. Pensalfini, T. Golde, X. Trepat, M. Arroyo (2023). Nonaffine mechanics of entangled networks inspired by intermediate filaments. Physical Review Letters, 131(5), 058101.

• J. Quaglierini, M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2023). Mechanics of tubular meshes formed by elastic helical fibers. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 282, 112451.

• X. Quiroga, N. Walani, A. Disanza, A. Chavero, A. Mittens, F. Tebar, X. Trepat, R. G. Parton, M. I. Geli, G. Scita, M. Arroyo, A. Le Roux, P. Roca-Cusachs (2023). A mechanosensing mechanism controls plasma membrane shape homeostasis at the nanoscale. eLife, 12, e72316.

• M. De Corato, M. Arroyo (2022). A theory for the flow of chemically responsive polymer solutions: Equilibrium and shear-induced phase separation. Journal of Rheology, 66(5), 813--835.

• D. Kaurin, P. K. Bal, M. Arroyo (2022). Peeling dynamics of fluid membranes bridged by molecular bonds: moving or breaking. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(191), 20220183.

• H. Noguchi, C. Tozzi, M. Arroyo (2022). Binding of anisotropic curvature-inducing proteins onto membrane tubes. Soft Matter, 18(17), 3384--3394.

• A. Le Roux, C. Tozzi, N. Walani, X. Quiroga, D. Zalvidea, X. Trepat, M. Staykova, M. Arroyo, P. Roca-Cusachs (2021). Dynamic mechanochemical feedback between curved membranes and BAR protein self-organization. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6550.

• C. Pérez-González, G. Ceada, F. Greco, M. Matejic, M. Gómez-González, N. Castro, A. Menendez, S. Kale, D. Krndija, A. G. Clark, V. R. Gannavarapu, A. Álvarez-Varela, P. Roca-Cusachs, E. Batlle, D. M. Vignjevic, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2021). Mechanical compartmentalization of the intestinal organoid enables crypt folding and collective cell migration. Nature Cell Biology, 23(7), 745--757.

• C. Tozzi, N. Walani, A. Le Roux, P. Roca-Cusachs, M. Arroyo (2021). A theory of ordering of elongated and curved proteins on membranes driven by density and curvature. Soft matter, 17(12), 3367--3379.

• G. Cicconofri, M. Arroyo, G. Noselli, A. DeSimone (2020). Morphable structures from unicellular organisms with active, shape-shifting envelopes: Variations on a theme by Gauss. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 118, 103278.

• M. De Corato, X. Arqué, T. Patino, M. Arroyo, S. Sánchez, I. Pagonabarraga (2020). Self-propulsion of active colloids via ion release: Theory and experiments. Physical Review Letters, 124(10), 108001.

• M. De Corato, I. Pagonabarraga, L. K. Abdelmohsen, S. Sánchez, M. Arroyo (2020). Spontaneous polarization and locomotion of an active particle with surface-mobile enzymes. Physical Review Fluids, 5(12), 122001.

• M. Gómez-González, E. Latorre, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2020). Measuring mechanical stress in living tissues. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(6), 300--317.

• G. Gompper, R. G. Winkler, T. Speck, A. Solon, C. Nardini, F. Peruani, H. Lowen, R. Golestanian, U. B. Kaupp, L. Alvarez, others (2020). The 2020 motile active matter roadmap. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32(19), 193001.

• F. Greco, M. Arroyo (2020). High-order maximum-entropy collocation methods. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 367, 113115.

• W. Lai, J. Gao, Y. Li, M. Arroyo, Y. Shen (2020). Phase field modeling of brittle fracture in an Euler--Bernoulli beam accounting for transverse part-through cracks. Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 361, 112787.

• I. Raote, M. Chabanon, N. Walani, M. Arroyo, M. F. Garcia-Parajo, V. Malhotra, F. Campelo (2020). A physical mechanism of TANGO1-mediated bulky cargo export. eLife, 9, e59426.

• D. Riccobelli, G. Noselli, M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2020). Mechanics of axisymmetric sheets of interlocking and slidable rods. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 141, 103969.

• A. Torres-Sánchez, D. Santos-Oliván, M. Arroyo (2020). Approximation of tensor fields on surfaces of arbitrary topology based on local Monge parametrizations. Journal of Computational Physics, 405, 109168.

• M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2019). Embryonic self-fracking. Science, 365(6452), 442--443.

• D. Kaurin, M. Arroyo (2019). Surface tension controls the hydraulic fracture of adhesive interfaces bridged by molecular bonds. Physical Review Letters, 123(22), 228102.

• A. Le Roux, X. Quiroga, N. Walani, M. Arroyo, P. Roca-Cusachs (2019). The plasma membrane as a mechanochemical transducer. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 374(1779), 20180221.

• G. Noselli, M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2019). Smart helical structures inspired by the pellicle of euglenids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 123, 234--246.

• G. Noselli, A. Beran, M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2019). Swimming Euglena respond to confinement with a behavioural change enabling effective crawling. Nature Physics, 15(5), 496--502.

• A. Torres-Sánchez, J. M. Vanegas, P. K. Purohit, M. Arroyo (2019). Combined molecular/continuum modeling reveals the role of friction during fast unfolding of coiled-coil proteins. Soft matter, 15(24), 4961--4975.

• A. Torres-Sánchez, D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2019). Modelling fluid deformable surfaces with an emphasis on biological interfaces. Journal of fluid mechanics, 872, 218--271.

• C. Tozzi, N. Walani, M. Arroyo (2019). Out-of-equilibrium mechanochemistry and self-organization of fluid membranes interacting with curved proteins. New journal of physics, 21(9), 093004.

• E. Latorre, S. Kale, L. Casares, M. Gómez-González, M. Uroz, L. Valon, R. V. Nair, E. Garreta, N. Montserrat, A. Del Campo, B. Ladoux, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2018). Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape. Nature, 563(7730), 203--208.

• B. Li, D. Millán, A. Torres-Sánchez, B. Roman, M. Arroyo (2018). A variational model of fracture for tearing brittle thin sheets. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 119, 334--348.

• M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2017). Hydraulic fracturing in cells and tissues: fracking meets cell biology. Current opinion in cell biology, 44, 1--6.

• M. Arroyo, N. Walani, A. Torres-Sánchez, D. Kaurin (2017). Onsager's variational principle in soft matter: introduction and application to the dynamics of adsorption of proteins onto fluid membranes. The role of mechanics in the study of lipid bilayers, 287--332.

• L. Stubbington, M. Arroyo, M. Staykova (2017). Sticking and sliding of lipid bilayers on deformable substrates. Soft Matter, 13(1), 181--186.

• K. Zhang, M. Arroyo (2017). Coexistence of wrinkles and blisters in supported graphene. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 14, 23--30.

• F. Amiri, D. Millán, M. Arroyo, M. Silani, T. Rabczuk (2016). Fourth order phase-field model for local max-ent approximants applied to crack propagation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 312, 254--275.

• B. Hashemian, D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2016). Charting molecular free-energy landscapes with an atlas of collective variables. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(17).

• M. Rahimi, D. Regan, M. Arroyo, A. B. Subramaniam, H. A. Stone, M. Staykova (2016). Shape transformations of lipid bilayers following rapid cholesterol uptake. Biophysical journal, 111(12), 2651--2657.

• A. Torres-Sánchez, J. M. Vanegas, M. Arroyo (2016). Geometric derivation of the microscopic stress: A covariant central force decomposition. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 93, 224--239.

• A. Abdollahi, C. Peco, D. Millán, M. Arroyo, G. Catalan, I. Arias (2015). Fracture toughening and toughness asymmetry induced by flexoelectricity. Physical Review B, 92(9), 094101.

• A. Abdollahi, D. Millán, C. Peco, M. Arroyo, I. Arias (2015). Revisiting pyramid compression to quantify flexoelectricity: A three-dimensional simulation study. Physical Review B, 91(10), 104103.

• L. Casares, R. Vincent, D. Zalvidea, N. Campillo, D. Navajas, M. Arroyo, X. Trepat (2015). Hydraulic fracture during epithelial stretching. Nature Materials, 14(3), 343--351.

• F. Greco, L. Filice, C. Peco, M. Arroyo (2015). A stabilized formulation with maximum entropy meshfree approximants for viscoplastic flow simulation in metal forming. International journal of material forming, 8, 341--353.

• B. Hashemian, M. Arroyo (2015). Topological obstructions in the way of data-driven collective variables. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(4).

• A. J. Kosmalska, L. Casares, A. Elosegui-Artola, J. J. Thottacherry, R. Moreno-Vicente, V. González-Tarragó, M. Á. Del Pozo, S. Mayor, M. Arroyo, D. Navajas, X. Trepat, N. C. Gauthier, P. Roca-Cusachs(2015). Physical principles of membrane remodelling during cell mechanoadaptation. Nature Communications, 6(1), 7292.

• B. Li, C. Peco, D. Millán, I. Arias, M. Arroyo (2015). Phase-field modeling and simulation of fracture in brittle materials with strongly anisotropic surface energy. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 102(3-4), 711--727.

• A. Lucantonio, G. Noselli, X. Trepat, A. DeSimone, M. Arroyo (2015). Hydraulic fracture and toughening of a brittle layer bonded to a hydrogel. Physical Review Letters, 115(18), 188105.

• D. Millán, N. Sukumar, M. Arroyo (2015). Cell-based maximum-entropy approximants. Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 284, 712--731.

• C. Peco, D. Millán, A. Rosolen, M. Arroyo (2015). Efficient implementation of Galerkin meshfree methods for large-scale problems with an emphasis on maximum entropy approximants. Computers \& Structures, 150, 52--62.

• M. Rahimi, K. Zhang, M. Arroyo (2015). Computing the volume enclosed by a periodic surface and its variation to model a follower pressure. Computational Mechanics, 55, 519--525.

• A. Torres-Sánchez, J. M. Vanegas, M. Arroyo (2015). Examining the mechanical equilibrium of microscopic stresses in molecular simulations. Physical Review Letters, 114(25), 258102.

• A. Abdollahi, C. Peco, D. Millan, M. Arroyo, I. Arias (2014). Computational evaluation of the flexoelectric effect in dielectric solids. Journal of Applied Physics, 116(9).

• F. Amiri, D. Millán, Y. Shen, T. Rabczuk, M. Arroyo (2014). Phase-field modeling of fracture in linear thin shells. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 69, 102--109.

• F. Amiri, C. Anitescu, M. Arroyo, S. P. A. Bordas, T. Rabczuk (2014). XLME interpolants, a seamless bridge between XFEM and enriched meshless methods. Computational Mechanics, 53, 45--57.

• M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2014). Shape control of active surfaces inspired by the movement of euglenids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 62, 99--112.

• L. Heltai, M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2014). Nonsingular isogeometric boundary element method for Stokes flows in 3D. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 268, 514--539.

• N. Khalifat, M. Rahimi, A. Bitbol, M. Seigneuret, J. Fournier, N. Puff, M. Arroyo, M. I. Angelova (2014). Interplay of packing and flip-flop in local bilayer deformation. How phosphatidylglycerol could rescue mitochondrial function in a cardiolipin-deficient yeast mutant. Biophysical journal, 107(4), 879--890.

• J. M. Vanegas, M. Arroyo (2014). Force transduction and lipid binding in MscL: a continuum-molecular approach. PloS one, 9(12), e113947.

• J. M. Vanegas, A. Torres-Sánchez, M. Arroyo (2014). Importance of force decomposition for local stress calculations in biomembrane molecular simulations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 10(2), 691--702.

• K. Zhang, M. Arroyo (2014). Understanding and strain-engineering wrinkle networks in supported graphene through simulations. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 72, 61--74.

• S. Ghosh, M. Arroyo (2013). An atomistic-based foliation model for multilayer graphene materials and nanotubes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 61(1), 235--253.

• B. Hashemian, D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2013). Modeling and enhanced sampling of molecular systems with smooth and nonlinear data-driven collective variables. The Journal of chemical physics, 139(21).

• D. Millán, A. Rosolen, M. Arroyo (2013). Nonlinear manifold learning for meshfree finite deformation thin-shell analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 93(7), 685--713.

• D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2013). Nonlinear manifold learning for model reduction in finite elastodynamics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 261, 118--131.

• C. Peco, A. Rosolen, M. Arroyo (2013). An adaptive meshfree method for phase-field models of biomembranes. Part II: A Lagrangian approach for membranes in viscous fluids. Journal of Computational Physics, 249, 320--336.

• M. Rahimi, A. DeSimone, M. Arroyo (2013). Curved fluid membranes behave laterally as effective viscoelastic media. Soft Matter, 9(46), 11033--11045.

• A. Rosolen, C. Peco, M. Arroyo (2013). An adaptive meshfree method for phase-field models of biomembranes. Part I: Approximation with maximum-entropy basis functions. Journal of Computational Physics, 249, 303--319.

• A. Rosolen, M. Arroyo (2013). Blending isogeometric analysis and local maximum entropy meshfree approximants. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 264, 95--107.

• A. Rosolen, D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2013). Second-order convex maximum entropy approximants with applications to high-order PDE. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 94(2), 150--182.

• M. Staykova, M. Arroyo, M. Rahimi, H. A. Stone (2013). Confined bilayers passively regulate shape and stress. Physical Review Letters, 110(2), 028101.

• K. Zhang, M. Arroyo (2013). Adhesion and friction control localized folding in supported graphene. Journal of Applied Physics, 113(19).

• M. Arroyo, L. Heltai, D. Millán, A. DeSimone (2012). Reverse engineering the euglenoid movement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(44), 17874--17879.

• M. Rahimi, M. Arroyo (2012). Shape dynamics, lipid hydrodynamics, and the complex viscoelasticity of bilayer membranes. Physical Review E, 86(1), 011932.

• H. Shima, S. Ghosh, M. Arroyo, K. Iiboshi, M. Sato (2012). Thin-shell theory based analysis of radially pressurized multiwall carbon nanotubes. Computational Materials Science, 52(1), 90--94.

• D. Millán, A. Rosolen, M. Arroyo (2011). Thin shell analysis from scattered points with maximum-entropy approximants. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 85(6), 723--751.

• M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone, L. Heltai (2010). The role of membrane viscosity in the dynamics of fluid membranes. arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4934.

• A. Rosolen, D. Millán, M. Arroyo (2010). On the optimum support size in meshfree methods: a variational adaptivity approach with maximum-entropy approximants. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 82(7), 868--895.

• H. Shima, M. Sato, K. Iiboshi, S. Ghosh, M. Arroyo (2010). Diverse corrugation pattern in radially shrinking carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B, 82(8), 085401.

• M. Arroyo, A. DeSimone (2009). Relaxation dynamics of fluid membranes. Physical Review E, 79(3), 031915.

• C. J. Cyron, M. Arroyo, M. Ortiz (2009). Smooth, second order, non-negative meshfree approximants selected by maximum entropy. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 79(13), 1605--1632.

• Q. Lu, M. Arroyo, R. Huang (2009). Elastic bending modulus of monolayer graphene. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42(10), 102002.

• J. Zou, X. Huang, M. Arroyo, S. Zhang (2009). Effective coarse-grained simulations of super-thick multi-walled carbon nanotubes under torsion. Journal of applied physics, 105(3).

• I. Arias, M. Arroyo (2008). Size-dependent nonlinear elastic scaling of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 100(8), 085503.

• M. Arroyo, I. Arias (2008). Rippling and a phase-transforming mesoscopic model for multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56(4), 1224--1244.

• H. Ostadi, M. Arroyo, P. Prewett, K. Jiang, S. Huq (2008). Optimization of a novel micro-opto-X-ray imaging lens. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(5-6), 1086--1088.

• M. Arroyo, M. Ortiz (2007). Local maximum-entropy approximation schemes. Meshfree methods for partial differential equations III, 1--16.

• E. Kanso, M. Arroyo, Y. Tong, A. Yavari, J. G. Marsden, M. Desbrun (2007). On the geometric character of stress in continuum mechanics. Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 58, 843--856.

• M. Arroyo, M. Ortiz (2006). Local maximum-entropy approximation schemes: a seamless bridge between finite elements and meshfree methods. International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 65(13), 2167--2202.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2005). Continuum mechanics modeling and simulation of carbon nanotubes. Meccanica, 40, 455--469.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2004). Finite crystal elasticity of carbon nanotubes based on the exponential Cauchy-Born rule. Physical Review B, 69(11), 115415.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2004). Finite element methods for the non-linear mechanics of crystalline sheets and nanotubes. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 59(3), 419--456.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2003). A finite deformation membrane based on inter-atomic potentials for the transverse mechanics of nanotubes. Mechanics of Materials, 35(3-6), 193--215.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2003). Nonlinear mechanical response and rippling of thick multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 91(21), 215505.

• M. Arroyo, T. Belytschko (2002). An atomistic-based finite deformation membrane for single layer crystalline films. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 50(9), 1941--1977.