3 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Enhanced Activity Reduces the Duration of Intermittent Lévy Walks in Bacterial Turbulence
G. Dhananjay, M. Hemlata, Saravanan Matheshwaran +1
Dense bacterial suspensions display collective motion exhibiting coherent flow structures reminiscent of turbulent flows. In contrast to inertial turbulence, understanding the micr…
cond-mat.soft2022
Reversible Dewetting of Thin Lubricating Films Underneath Aqueous Drops Using External Electric Field
Bidisha Bhatt, Shivam Gupta, Vasudevan Sumathi +2
The stability of thin liquid films on a surface depends on the excess free energy of the system involving various short-range and long-range interactions. In an unstable condition,…
cond-mat.soft2018
Interfacial Entropic Interactions Tunes Fragility and Dynamic Heterogeneity of Glassy Athermal Polymer Nanocomposite films
Nafisa Begam, Nimmi Das A, Sivasurender Chandran +4
Enthalpic interactions at the interface between nanoparticles and matrix polymers is known to influence various properties of the resultant polymer nanocomposites (PNC). For atherm…