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
Myosin-driven advection and actin reorganization control the geometry of confined actomyosin gel
Archit Negi, Ryota Sakamoto, Makito Miyazaki +1
Harnessing nanoscale motor proteins to actively control material shape is a promising strategy in nanotechnology and material science. One notable system is the actomyosin network,…
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…