3 papers
cond-mat.soft2020
Control of microswimmers by spiral nematic vortices: transition from individual to collective motion and contraction, expansion, and stable circulation of bacterial swirls
Runa Koizumi, Taras Turiv, Mikhail M. Genkin +6
Active systems comprised of self-propelled units show fascinating transitions from Brownian-like dynamics to collective coherent motion. Swirling of swimming bacteria is a spectacu…
physics.bio-ph2020
Topology control of human cells monolayer by liquid crystal elastomer
Taras Turiv, Jess Krieger, Greta Babakhanova +5
Biological cells in living tissues form dynamic patterns with local orientational order and topological defects. Here we demonstrate an approach to produce cell monolayer with the…
cond-mat.soft2020
Polar jets of swimming bacteria condensed by a patterned liquid crystal
Taras Turiv, Runa Koizumi, Kristian Thijssen +8
Active matter exhibits remarkable collective behavior in which flows, continuously generated by active particles, are intertwined with the orientational order of these particles. T…