3 papers
cond-mat.soft2021
Submersed Micropatterned Structures Control Active Nematic Flow, Topology and Concentration
Kristian Thijssen, Dimitrius Khaladj, S. Ali Aghvami +5
Coupling between flows and material properties imbues rheological matter with its wide-ranging applicability, hence the excitement for harnessing the rheology of active fluids for…
cond-mat.soft2020
Confinement controlled bend instability of three-dimensional active fluids
Pooja Chandrakar, Minu Varghese, S. Ali Aghvami +3
Spontaneous growth of long-wavelength deformations is a defining feature of active fluids with orientational order. We investigate the effect of biaxial rectangular confinement on…
cond-mat.soft2018
Self-organized dynamics and the transition to turbulence of confined active nematics
Achini Opathalage, Michael M. Norton, Michael P. N. Juniper +4
We study how confinement transforms the chaotic dynamics of bulk microtubule-based active nematics into regular spatiotemporal patterns. For weak confinements, multiple continuousl…