2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Emergent odd response in active chiral films
Seema Chahal, Naveen Kumar D, Brato Chakrabarti
Active chiral fluids can support a nondissipative transport coefficient known as odd (or Hall) viscosity. Hydrodynamic descriptions of such fluids typically introduce odd viscosity…
cond-mat.soft2026
Growing, Buckling, and Swirling: motility from polymerization
Naveen Kumar D, Michael J. Shelley, Brato Chakrabarti
Locomotion in low-Reynolds-number environments is achieved through a remarkable diversity of strategies, from flagellar rotation and ciliary beating to large-scale body deformation…