2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Duality Between Chemical Potential Dynamics and Reaction-Diffusion Systems
Daniel Zhou, Erwin Frey
Pattern formation in soft, active, and biological matter is described by two ostensibly distinct continuum frameworks: phase-field theories driven by chemical-potential gradients,…
cond-mat.soft2026
Active fluctuations induce buckling of living surfaces
Matteo Ciarchi, Andriy Goychuk, Erwin Frey
Active tissues exhibit tension fluctuations that are correlated in space and time. We study a minimal overdamped surface model in which such fluctuations enter as a zero-mean, mult…