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Fluctuating chemically active droplets
Guido L. A. Kusters, Noah Ziethen, Michael E. Cates +1
We study size fluctuations of chemically active droplets in the regime of weak reactions and strong phase separation. By combining a thin-interface model for the deterministic drop…
Coexistence of patterned phases in chemically active multicomponent mixtures
Chengjie Luo, Yicheng Qiang, Guido L. A. Kusters +1
Chemically active mixtures exhibit complex patterns that emerge from the interplay of physical interactions and reactions among components. Individually, these two processes are we…
Roadmap for Condensates in Cell Biology
Dilimulati Aierken, Sebastian Aland, Stefano Bo +38
Biomolecular condensates govern essential cellular processes yet elude description by traditional equilibrium models. This roadmap, distilled from structured discussions at a works…
Size control guidelines for chemically active droplets
Guido Kusters, David Zwicker
Biological cells and synthetic analogues use liquid-liquid phase separation to dynamically compartmentalize their environment for various applications. In many cases, multiple drop…
Advection selects pattern in multistable emulsions of active droplets
Stefan Köstler, Yicheng Qiang, Guido Kusters +1
Controlling the size of droplets, for example in biological cells, is challenging because large droplets typically outcompete smaller droplets due to surface tension. This coarseni…
Controlled gel expansion through colloid oscillation
Guido L. A. Kusters, Cornelis Storm, Paul van der Schoot
We model the behaviour of a single colloid embedded in a cross-linked polymer gel, immersed in a viscous background fluid. External fields actuate the particle into a periodic moti…
Transient response and domain formation in electrically deforming liquid crystal networks
Guido L. A. Kusters, Paul van der Schoot, Cornelis Storm
Recently, Van der Kooij and co-workers recognised three distinct, transient regimes in the dynamics of electrically-deforming liquid crystal networks [Van der Kooij et al., Nat. Co…
Activity-induced instabilities of brain organoids
Kristian Thijssen, Guido L. A. Kusters, Amin Doostmohammadi
We present an analytical and numerical investigation of the activity-induced hydrodynamic instabilities in model brain organoids. While several mechanisms have been introduced to e…
Controlling permeation in electrically-deforming liquid crystal network films: a dynamical Landau theory
Guido L. A. Kusters, Nicholas B. Tito, Cornelis Storm +1
Liquid crystal networks exploit the coupling between the responsivity of liquid-crystalline mesogens, e.g., to electric fields, and the (visco)elastic properties of a polymer netwo…
Dynamical Landau-de Gennes Theory for Electrically-Responsive Liquid Crystal Networks
Guido L. A. Kusters, Inge P. Verheul, Nicholas B. Tito +2
Liquid crystal networks combine the orientational order of liquid crystals with the elastic properties of polymer networks, leading to a vast application potential in the field of…
Self-organisation of tip functionalised elongated colloidal particles
Mariana Oshima Menegon, Guido L. A. Kusters, Paul van der Schoot
Weakly attractive interactions between the tips of rod-like colloidal particles affect their liquid-crystal phase behaviour due to a subtle interplay between enthalpy and entropy.…