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cond-mat.soft2020★ 21 cited
Fluctuations can induce local nematic order and extensile stress in monolayers of motile cells
Farzan Vafa, Mark J. Bowick, Boris I. Shraiman +1
Recent experiments in various cell types have shown that two-dimensional tissues often display local nematic order, with evidence of extensile stresses manifest in the dynamics of…
cond-mat.soft2020★ 2 cited
Defect Dynamics in Active Polar Fluids vs. Active Nematics
Farzan Vafa
Topological defects play a key role in two-dimensional active nematics, and a transient role in two-dimensional active polar fluids. In this paper, we study both the transient and…
cond-mat.soft2020★ 7 cited
Multi-defect Dynamics in Active Nematics
Farzan Vafa, Mark J. Bowick, M. Cristina Marchetti +1
Recent experiments and numerical studies have drawn attention to the dynamics of active nematics. Two-dimensional active nematics flow spontaneously and exhibit spatiotemporal chao…