2 papers
cond-mat.soft2020
Role of friction in multidefect ordering
Kristian Thijssen, Mehrana R. Nejad, Julia M. Yeomans
We use continuum simulations to study the impact of friction on the ordering of defects in an active nematic. Even in a frictionless system, +1/2 defects tend to align side-by-side…
cond-mat.soft2019
Activity induced nematic order in isotropic liquid crystals
Sreejith Santhosh, Mehrana R. Nejad, Amin Doostmohammadi +2
We use linear stability analysis to show that an isotropic phase of elongated particles with dipolar flow fields can develop nematic order as a result of their activity. We argue t…