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cond-mat.soft2022★ 33 cited
Design rules for controlling active topological defects
Suraj Shankar, Luca V. D. Scharrer, Mark J. Bowick +1
Topological defects play a central role in the physics of many materials, including magnets, superconductors and liquid crystals. In active fluids, defects become autonomous partic…
cond-mat.soft2022★ 6 cited
Boundaries control active channel flows
Paarth Gulati, Suraj Shankar, M. Cristina Marchetti
Boundary conditions dictate how fluids, including liquid crystals, flow when pumped through a channel. Can boundary conditions also be used to control internally driven active flui…