2 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Dynamics of Ordered Active Columns: Flows, Twists, and Waves
S. J. Kole, Gareth P. Alexander, Ananyo Maitra +1
We formulate the hydrodynamics of active columnar phases, with two-dimensional translational order in the plane perpendicular to the columns and no elastic restoring force for rela…
cond-mat.soft2020
Active cholesterics: odder than odd elasticity
S. J. Kole, Gareth P. Alexander, Sriram Ramaswamy +1
In equilibrium liquid crystals, chirality leads to a variety of spectacular three-dimensional structures, but chiral and achiral phases with the same broken continuous symmetries h…