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Mathematical modelling of nutrient-dependent biofilm growth on medical implants
Parna Mandal, Nigel J. Mottram, Sean McGinty
Biofilm infections on medical implants are difficult to eradicate because insufficient nutrient availability promotes antibiotic-tolerant persister cells that survive treatment and…
Spontaneous Flows and Quantum Analogies in Heterogeneous Active Nematic Films
Alexander J. H. Houston, Nigel J. Mottram
Incorporating the inherent heterogeneity of living systems into models of active nematics is essential to provide a more realistic description of biological processes such as bacte…
Hele-Shaw flow of a nematic liquid crystal
Joseph R. L. Cousins, Nigel J. Mottram, Stephen K. Wilson
Motivated by the variety of applications in which nematic Hele-Shaw flow occurs, a theoretical model for Hele-Shaw flow of a nematic liquid crystal is formulated and analysed. We d…
Weak-anchoring effects in a thin pinned ridge of nematic liquid crystal
Joseph R. L. Cousins, Akhshay S. Bhadwal, Lindsey T. Corson +5
A theoretical investigation of weak-anchoring effects in a thin two-dimensional pinned static ridge of nematic liquid crystal resting on a flat solid substrate in an atmosphere of…
Reconfigurable Wearable Antenna for 5G Applications using Nematic Liquid Crystals
Yuanjie Xia, Mengyao Yuan, Alexandra Dobrea +4
The antenna is one of the key building blocks of many wearable electronic device, and its functions include wireless communications, energy harvesting and radiative wireless power…
Controllable particle migration in liquid crystal flows
Magdalena Lesniewska, Nigel Mottram, Oliver Henrich
We observe novel positional control of a colloidal particle in microchannel flow of a nematic liquid crystal. Lattice Boltzmann simulations show multiple equilibrium particle posit…
Young and Young--Laplace equations for a static ridge of nematic liquid crystal, and transitions between equilibrium states
Joseph R. L. Cousins, Brian R. Duffy, Stephen K. Wilson +1
Motivated by the need for greater understanding of systems that involve interfaces between a nematic liquid crystal, a solid substrate, and a passive gas that includes nematic--sub…
A General Model of Structured Cell Kinetics
Michael Grinfeld, Nigel Mottram, Jozsef Farkas
We present a modelling framework for the dynamics of cells structured by the concentration of a micromolecule they contain. We derive general equations for the evolution of the cel…
Introduction to Q-tensor theory
Nigel J. Mottram, Christopher J. P. Newton
This paper aims to provide an introduction to a basic form of the -tensor approach to modelling liquid crystals, which has seen increased interest in recent years. The inc…