Rheology of active polar emulsions: from linear to unidirectional and unviscid flow, and intermittent viscosity

Abstract

The rheological behaviour of an emulsion made of an active polar component and an isotropic passive fluid is studied by lattice Boltzmann methods. Different flow regimes are found by varying the values of shear rate and extensile activity (occurring, e.g., in microtubule-motor suspensions). By increasing activity, a first transition occurs from linear flow regime to spontaneous persistent unidirectional macro-scale flow, followed by another transition either to (low shear) intermittent flow regime with coexistence of states with positive, negative, and vanishing apparent viscosity, or to (high shear) symmetric shear thinning regime. The different behaviours can be explained in terms of the dynamics of the polarization field close to the walls. A maximum entropy production principle selects the most likely states in the intermittent regime.

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