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Traveling strings of active dipolar colloids
Xichen Chao, Katherine Skipper, C. Patrick Royall +2
We study an intriguing new type of self-assembled active colloidal polymer system in 3D. It is obtained from a suspension of Janus particles in an electric field that induces paral…
Soft and stiff normal modes in floppy colloidal square lattices
Julio Melio, Silke E. Henkes, Daniela J. Kraft
Floppy microscale spring networks are widely studied in theory and simulations, but no well-controlled experimental system currently exists. Here, we show that square lattices cons…
Graph-informed simulation-based inference for models of active matter
Namid R. Stillman, Silke Henkes, Roberto Mayor +1
Many collective systems exist in nature far from equilibrium, ranging from cellular sheets up to flocks of birds. These systems reflect a form of active matter, whereby individual…
Mechano-chemical active feedback generates convergence extension in epithelial tissue
Aondoyima Ioratim-Uba, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, Silke Henkes
Convergence extension, the simultaneous elongation of tissue along one axis while narrowing along a perpendicular axis, occurs during embryonic development. A fundamental process t…
Active Vertex Model for Cell-Resolution Description of Epithelial Tissue Mechanics
Daniel L. Barton, Silke Henkes, Cornelis J. Weijer +1
We introduce an Active Vertex Model (AVM) for cell-resolution studies of the mechanics of confluent epithelial tissues consisting of tens of thousands of cells, with a level of det…
Active swarms on a sphere
Rastko Sknepnek, Silke Henkes
Here we show that coupling to curvature has profound effects on collective motion in active systems, leading to patterns not observed in flat space. Biological examples of such act…