Soft Mechanics: From instabilities to Organization

Mechanical instabilities in soft matter generate both form and function from the nanoscale to the macroscale. Current research uses them to understand growth and morphogenesis in nature and to design soft robots, mechanical computing, morphing materials, adaptive locomotion and reconfigurable architectures. The conference gathers researchers studying instability-driven phenomena in fluids, solids and living matter, uniting physics, mechanics, applied mathematics, materials science and biology to present recent advances and identify the open questions shaping soft mechanics.