2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Obstacle-aware navigation of smart microswimmers in a turbulent flow
Vaishnavi Gajendragad, Akanksha Gupta, Nadia Bihari Padhan +1
Microswimmers in turbulent flows often navigate complex, heterogeneous, and obstacle-rich environments, where they exhibit intricate behaviors such as trapping at and escape from o…
cond-mat.soft2026
Memory as activity: pattern formation in a conserved scalar field
Vaishnavi Gajendragad, Suropriya Saha
We explore the concept of memory in scalar active matter, focusing on the collective dynamics of particles whose interactions depend on their evolutionary history rather than solel…