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Localized states in active fluids
Luca Barberi, Karsten Kruse
Biological active matter is typically tightly coupled to chemical reaction networks affecting its assembly-disassembly dynamics and stress generation. We show that localized states…
Phase separation on surfaces in presence of matter exchange
Nirvana Caballero, Karsten Kruse, Thierry Giamarchi
We present a field theory to describe the composition of a surface spontaneously exchanging matter with its bulk environment. By only assuming matter conservation in the system, we…
Properties of twisted topological defects in 2D nematic liquid crystals
Daniel J. G. Pearce, Karsten Kruse
Topological defects are one of the most conspicuous features of liquid crystals. In two dimensional nematics, they have been shown to behave effectively as particles with both, cha…
Excitable actin dynamics and amoeboid cell migration
Nicolas Ecker, Karsten Kruse
Amoeboid cell migration is characterized by frequent changes of the direction of motion and resembles a persistent random walk on long time scales. Although it is well known that c…
Integer topological defects of cell monolayers -- mechanics and flows
Carles Blanch-Mercader, Pau Guillamat, Aurélien Roux +1
Monolayers of anisotropic cells exhibit long-ranged orientational order and topological defects. During the development of organisms, orientational order often influences morphogen…
Quantifying material properties of cell monolayers by analyzing integer topological defects
Carles Blanch-Mercader, Pau Guillamat, Aurélien Roux +1
In developing organisms, internal cellular processes generate mechanical stresses at the tissue scale. The resulting deformations depend on the material properties of the tissue, w…