2 papers
cond-mat.soft2021
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…
cond-mat.soft2021
Shape programming lines of concentrated Gaussian curvature
D. Duffy, L. Cmok, J. S. Biggins +7
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can undergo large reversible contractions along their nematic director upon heating or illumination. A spatially patterned director within a flat L…