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Surface functionalization modulates collective cell behavior at integer topological defects
Prasoon Awasthi, Aniruddh Murali, Ellen Juel Pørtner +2
Living cells establish long-range orientational order through collective alignment, giving rise to topological defects whose functional relevance is increasingly recognized in tiss…
Temperature switchable self-propulsion activity of liquid crystalline microdroplets
Manoj Kumar, Siddharth Sane, Aniruddh Murali +1
We report on a switchable emulsion droplet microswimmer by utilizing a temperature-dependent transition of the droplet phase. The droplets, made from a liquid crystalline (LC) smec…
Cells around the corner
Aniruddh Murali, Prasoon Awasthi, Kirsten Endresen +2
The study of spindle-like cells as nematic liquid crystals has led to remarkable insights in the understanding of tissue organization and morphogenesis. In the characterization of…
Actuation of Cell Sheets in 3D
Kirsten Endresen, Aniruddh Murali, Birte Geerds +2
The alignment of fibers and cells in living tissues affect their mechanical properties and functionality. In this context, one can draw an analogy between tissues and nematic liqui…
Emergent dynamics due to chemo-hydrodynamic self-interactions in active polymers
Manoj Kumar, Aniruddh Murali, Arvin Gopal Subramaniam +2
The field of synthetic active matter has, thus far, been led by efforts to create point-like, isolated (yet interacting) self-propelled objects (\emph{e.g.} colloids, droplets, mic…
Harnessing confinement and driving to tune active particle dynamics
Aniruddh Murali, Pritha Dolai, Ashwini Krishna +2
A distinguishing feature of active particles is the nature of the non-equilibrium noise driving their dynamics. Control of these noise properties is, therefore, of both fundamental…