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Interactive browser-based simulations accompanying our papers.

Self-Propelled Voronoi Model — interactive simulation preview

Self-Propelled Voronoi Model

Bi, Yang, Marchetti, Manning — Phys. Rev. X 6, 021011 (2016)

A browser-based simulation of a confluent 2D tissue modeled as self-propelled Voronoi cells. Sweep the target shape index p₀, motile speed v₀, and rotational noise Dᵣ across the rigidity transition, and watch cell shapes, polarities, and shape-index distributions respond in real time.

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Active Finite Voronoi Model — interactive simulation preview

Active Finite Voronoi Model

Huang, Levine, Bi — Soft Matter 19, 9389 (2023)

Voronoi cells with a finite interaction radius ℓ: boundaries mix straight contact edges with cell–medium circular arcs. Tune the arc-tension Λ and self-propulsion to sweep between cohesive confluent tissue, motile detachment, and full fragmentation. Bridges confluent and non-confluent tissue physics.

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Athermal quasistatic sheared Voronoi model — interactive simulation preview

Athermal Quasistatic Sheared Voronoi

Huang et al. — PRL 128, 178001 (2022)  ·  Nguyen et al. — Nat. Commun. 16, 3260 (2025)

Voronoi tissue sheared quasistatically under Lees–Edwards boundaries: each strain increment is followed by FIRE energy minimisation. Watch the stress–strain trace develop linear elasticity, yielding, and the avalanche plateau; T1 topology flips flash red at their location.

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