3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Self-propulsive active nematics
Niels de Graaf Sousa, Simon Guldager Andersen, Aleksandra Ardaševa +1
Increasing evidence suggests that active matter exhibits instances of mixed symmetry that cannot be fully described by either polar or nematic formalism. Here, we introduce a minim…
cond-mat.soft2025
Hydrodynamic bend instability of motile particles on a substrate
Sameer Kumar, Niels de Graaf Sousa, Amin Doostmohammadi
The emergence of hydrodynamic bend instabilities in ordered suspensions of active particles is widely observed across diverse living and synthetic systems, and is considered to be…
cond-mat.soft2025
The Interplay of Polar and Nematic Order in Active Matter: Implications for Non-Equilibrium Physics and Biology
Varun Venkatesh, Niels de Graaf Sousa, Amin Doostmohammadi
Active matter has played a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of non-equilibrium systems, leading to a fundamental shift in the study of biophysical phenomena. The foundat…