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Viscoelastic and elastomeric active matter: Linear instability and nonlinear dynamics
E. J. Hemingway, M. E. Cates, S. M. Fielding
We consider a continuum model of active viscoelastic matter, whereby an active nematic liquid-crystal is coupled to a minimal model of polymer dynamics with a viscoelastic relaxati…
Active Viscoelastic Matter: from Bacterial Drag Reduction to Turbulent Solids
E. J. Hemingway, A. Maitra, S. Banerjee +4
A paradigm for internally driven matter is the active nematic liquid crystal, whereby the equations of a conventional nematic are supplemented by a minimal active stress that viola…
Self-assembly of colloid-cholesteric composites provides a possible route to switchable optical materials
K. Stratford, O. Henrich, J. S. Lintuvuori +2
Colloidal particles dispersed in liquid crystals can form new materials with tunable elastic and electro-optic properties. In a periodic `blue phase' host, particles should templat…
Colloidal templating at a cholesteric - oil interface: Assembly guided by an array of disclination lines
J. S. Lintuvuori, A. C. Pawsey, K. Stratford +3
We simulate colloids (radius m) trapped at the interface between a cholesteric liquid crystal and an immiscible oil, at which the helical order (pitch p) in the bulk con…
Intracellular facilitated diffusion: searchers, crowders and blockers
C. A. Brackley, M. E. Cates, D. Marenduzzo
In bacteria, regulatory proteins search for a specific DNA binding target via "facilitated diffusion": a series of rounds of 3D diffusion in the cytoplasm, and 1D linear diffusion…
Facilitated diffusion on mobile DNA: configurational traps and sequence heterogeneity
C. A. Brackley, M. E. Cates, D. Marenduzzo
We present Brownian dynamics simulations of the facilitated diffusion of a protein, modelled as a sphere with a binding site on its surface, along DNA, modelled as a semi-flexible…