3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Size control guidelines for chemically active droplets
Guido Kusters, David Zwicker
Biological cells and synthetic analogues use liquid-liquid phase separation to dynamically compartmentalize their environment for various applications. In many cases, multiple drop…
cond-mat.soft2025
Chemically Active Liquid Bridges Generate Repulsive Forces
Noah Ziethen, Frieder Johannsen, David Zwicker
Droplets help organize cells by compartmentalizing biomolecules and by mediating mechanical interactions. When bridging two structures, such droplets generate capillary forces, whi…
cond-mat.soft2025
Phase separation in a mixture of proliferating and motile active matter
Lukas Hupe, Joanna M. Materska, David Zwicker +3
Proliferation and motility are ubiquitous drivers of activity in biological systems. Here, we study a dense binary mixture of motile and proliferating particles with exclusively re…