Binghamton Biological Soft Matter Mechanics Lab
Dr. Guy K. German
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Publications
2023
Ultraviolet light induces mechanical and structural changes in full thickness human skin
ZA. Ittycheri, Z. W. Lipsky, T. Hookway and G. K. German
(Accepted for publication in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials)
2022
Mechanisms and Implications of Bacterial Invasion across the Human Skin Barrier
Z. W. Lipsky, M. Patsy, C. N. H. Marques, and G. K. German
(Accepted for publication in Microbiology Spectrum)
Systematic evaluation and modeling of SARA-CoV-2 UVC Disinfection
S. Freeman, K Kibler, Z. W. Lipsky, S. Jin, G. K German and K. Ye
Scientific Reports, 12: 5869.
Biomechanical fracture mechanics of composite layered skin-like materials
C. Maiorana, R. Jotawar and G. K. German
Soft Matter, 18, 2104 - 2112
2021
Hyperelastic Material Properties of Axonal fibers in Brain White Matter
P. Chavoshnejad, Guy K. German and M. J. Razavi
Brain Multiphysics, 2, 100035
Effect of collagen degradation on the mechanical behavior and wrinkling of skin
P. Chavoshnejad, A. H. Foroughi, N. Dhandapani, G. K. German, and M. J. Razavi
Physical Review E, 104, 034406
Z. W. Lipsky and G. K. German
Acta Biomaterialia, 130, 308-316
2020
Mechanical, compositional, and microstructural changes caused by human skin maceration.
N. Dhandapani, K. Samuelsson, M. Sköld, K. Zohrevand, and G. K. German
Extreme Mechanics Letters, 41, 101017
Lipid depletion enables permeation of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria through human stratum corneum.
Z. W. Lipsky, C. N. H. Marques and G. K. German,
Tissue barriers 8(2)
2019
Embedding topography enables fracture guidance in soft solids
C. H. Maiorana, M. Erbe, T. Blank, Z. W. Lipsky, and Guy K. German
Scientific Reports 9: 13493.
Ultraviolet light degrades the mechanical and structural properties of human stratum corneum
Z. W. Lipsky and G. K German
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 100, 103391
Non-invasive in-vivo quantification of human skin tension lines
D. Laiacona, J. Cohen, K. Coulon, Z. W. Lipsky, C. Maiorana, R. Boltyanskiy, E. R. Dufresne, and G. K German
Acta Biomaterialia, 88, 141-148
2018
Viscoelastic properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosavariant biofilms
E. S. Gloag, G. K. German, P. Stoodley, and D. J. Wozniak
Scientific Reports 8:9691
J. M. Cleary, Z. W. Lipsky, M. Kim, C. N. H. Marques and G. K. German
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20170848.
2017
Electrospray Deposit Structure of Nanoparticle Suspensions
N. Brown, Y. Zhu, G. K. German, X. Yong, and P. R. Chiarot
Journal of Electrostatics 90, 2017: 67-73
Nanoparticle Size-Specific Actin Rearrangement and Barrier Dysfunction of Endothelial Cells
Y. Liu, N. Rogel, K. Harada, L. Jarett, C. H. Maiorana, G. K. German, G. Mahler, A. L. Doiron, Nanotoxicology, 2017: 1-11
Non-ionising UV light increases the optical density of hygroscopic self assembled DNA crystal films.
A. E. Gasperini, S. Sanchez, A. L. Doiron, M. Lyles and G. K. German
Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 6631
Control of human skin wettability using the pH ofanionic surfactant solution treatments
L. Bromberg, X. Liu, I. Wang, S. Smith, K. Schwicker, Z. Eller, and G. K. German
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 157, 366-372
Measuring and modeling contractile drying in human stratum corneum
X. Liu and G. K. German
Journal of Visualized Experiments e55336
2016
Rebound of continuous droplet streams from an immiscible liquid pool
W. J. Doak, D. M. Laiacona, G. K. German and P. R. Chiarot
Physics of Fluids 28(5) 057104.
2015
The effects of barrier disruption and moisturization on the dynamic drying mechanics of human stratum corneum X. Liu and G. K. German,
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 49, 80-89
2014
Traction Force Microscopy in Physics and Biology
R. W. Style, R. Boltyanskiy, G. K. German, C. Hyland, C. W. MacMinn, A. F. Mertz, and E. R. Dufresne,
Soft Matter 10(23), 4047-4055
2013
Patterning Droplets on Surfaces by Durotaxis
R. W. Style, Y. Che, S. J. Park, B. M. Weon, J. H. Je, C. Hyland, G. K. German, M. Power, L. A. Wilen, J. S. Wettlaufer and E. R. Dufresne,
Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences 110(31), 12541-12544
Surfactant treatments influence drying mechanics in human stratum corneum
G. K. German, E. Pashkovski and E. R. Dufresne,
Journal of Biomechanics 46(13), pp. 2145-2151.
Imaging stress and strain in the fracture of drying colloidal films
Y. Xu, G. K. German, A. F. Mertz, E. R. Dufresne
Soft Matter 9(14), 3735-3740
2012
Heterogeneous drying stresses in stratum corneum
G. K. German, E. Pashkovski, Y.Xu, A.F. Mertz, C. Hyland, W. C. Engl and E. R. Dufresne,
Biophysical Journal 102(11), pp. 2424-2432.
Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies
A. F. Mertz, S. Banerjee, Y. Che, G. K. German, Y. Xu, C. Hyland, M. C. Marchetti, V. Horsley and
E. R. Dufresne.
Physical Review Letters 108, 198101.
2010
The spreading behaviour of viscoplastic drops
G. German and V. BertolaColloids and Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects 366, pp. 18-26
The free fall of viscoplastic drops
G. German and V. Bertola
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 165, pp. 825-828.
Formation of viscoplastic drops by capillary breakup
G. German and V. Bertola
Physics of Fluids, 22, 033101.
2009
Review of drop impact models and validation with high viscosity Newtonian fluids
G. German and V. Bertola.
Atomization and Sprays 19, pp. 787-807
Impact of shear-thinning and yield- stress drops on solid substrates
G. German and V. Bertola.
Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter, 21, 375111.