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Shapes of fluid membranes with chiral edges
Lijie Ding, Robert A. Pelcovits, Thomas R. Powers
We carry out Monte Carlo simulations of a colloidal fluid membrane composed of chiral rod-like viruses. The membrane is modeled by a triangular mesh of beads connected by bonds in…
Topological structure and dynamics of three dimensional active nematics
Guillaume Duclos, Raymond Adkins, Debarghya Banerjee +13
Point-like motile topological defects control the universal dynamics of diverse two-dimensional active nematics ranging from shaken granular rods to cellular monolayers. A comparab…
Force induced formation of twisted chiral ribbons
Andrew Balchunas, Leroy L. Jia, Mark Zakhary +3
We study the emergence of helical structures subjected to a stretching force, demonstrating that the force transforms disk-shaped colloidal membranes into twisted chiral ribbons of…
Stability of the interface of an isotropic active fluid
Harsh Soni, Wan Luo, Robert A. Pelcovits +1
We study the linear stability of an isotropic active fluid in three different geometries: a film of active fluid on a rigid substrate, a cylindrical thread of fluid, and a spherica…