3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Directional Symmetry Breaking of Spherical Active Colloids by Magnetoviscous Coupling
Ziyang Zhou, Takuya Kobayashi, Keita Saito +5
Harnessing active matter calls for strategies that break the directional symmetry of self-propelled motion without altering the propulsion mechanism itself. Here, we show that magn…
cond-mat.soft2025
Boundary-shape driven transitions in vortex and oscillatory dynamics of confined epithelial cells
Ryo Ienaga, Kazuyuki Shigeta, Tatsuya Fukuyama +2
Controlling the collective motion of epithelial cell populations is fundamental for understanding multicellular self-organization and for advancing tissue engineering. Under spatia…
cond-mat.soft2023
Geometric frustration and pairing order transition in confined bacterial vortices
Kazusa Beppu, Kaito Matsuura, Yusuke T. Maeda
Dense systems of active matter exhibit highly dynamic collective motion characterized by intermingled vortices, referred to as active turbulence. The interaction between these vort…