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Anchoring-driven spontaneous rotations in active gel droplets
Ana R. Fialho, Matthew L. Blow, Davide Marenduzzo
We study the dynamics of an active gel droplet with imposed orientational anchoring (normal or planar) at its surface. We find that if the activity is large enough droplets subject…
Motility of active nematic films driven by "active anchoring"
Matthew L. Blow, Marco Aqil, Benno Liebchen +1
We provide a minimal model for an active nematic film in contact with both a solid substrate and a passive isotropic fluid, and explore its dynamics in one and two dimensions using…
The effect of anchoring on nematic flow in channels
V. M. O. Batista, M. L. Blow, M. M. Telo da Gama
Understanding the flow of liquid crystals in microfluidic environments plays an important role in many fields, including device design and microbiology. We perform hybrid lattice-B…
Biphasic, Lyotropic, Active Nematics
Matthew L. Blow, Sumesh P. Thampi, Julia M. Yeomans
We perform dynamical simulations of a two-dimensional active nematic fluid in coexistence with an isotropic fluid. Drops of active nematic become elongated, and an effective anchor…
Modelling unidirectional liquid spreading on slanted microposts
Andrea Cavalli, Matthew L. Blow, Julia M. Yeomans
A lattice Boltzmann algorithm is used to simulate the slow spreading of drops on a surface patterned with slanted micro-posts. Gibb's pinning of the interface on the sides or top o…
Anisotropic wetting and de-wetting of drops on substrates patterned with polygonal posts
Robert J. Vrancken, Matthew L. Blow, Halim Kusumaatmaja +5
We present results showing how water drops, produced by ink-jet printing, spread on surfaces patterned with lattices of diamond or triangular posts. Considering post widths typical…