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Reversible signal transmission in an active mechanical metamaterial
Alexander P Browning, Francis G Woodhouse, Matthew J Simpson
Mechanical metamaterials are designed to enable unique functionalities, but are typically limited by an initial energy state and require an independent energy input to function rep…
Autonomous actuation of zero modes in mechanical networks far from equilibrium
Francis G. Woodhouse, Henrik Ronellenfitsch, Jörn Dunkel
A zero mode, or floppy mode, is a non-trivial coupling of mechanical components yielding a degree of freedom with no resistance to deformation. Engineered zero modes have the poten…
Ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic order in bacterial vortex lattices
Hugo Wioland, Francis G. Woodhouse, Jörn Dunkel +1
Despite their inherent non-equilibrium nature, living systems can self-organize in highly ordered collective states that share striking similarities with the thermodynamic equilibr…
Membrane Viscosity Determined from Shear-Driven Flow in Giant Vesicles
Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Francis G. Woodhouse, Vasily Kantsler +1
The viscosity of lipid bilayer membranes plays an important role in determining the diffusion constant of embedded proteins and the dynamics of membrane deformations, yet it has hi…
Cytoplasmic Streaming in Plant Cells Emerges Naturally by Microfilament Self-Organization
Francis G. Woodhouse, Raymond E. Goldstein
Many cells exhibit large-scale active circulation of their entire fluid contents, a process termed cytoplasmic streaming. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent in plant cells,…
Confinement Stabilizes a Bacterial Suspension into a Spiral Vortex
Hugo Wioland, Francis G. Woodhouse, Jörn Dunkel +2
Confining surfaces play crucial roles in dynamics, transport and order in many physical systems, but their effects on active matter, a broad class of dynamically self-organizing sy…
Spontaneous Circulation of Confined Active Suspensions
Francis G. Woodhouse, Raymond E. Goldstein
Many active fluid systems encountered in biology are set in total geometric confinement. Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells is a prominent and ubiquitous example, in which cargo-…