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Active Solids: Topological Defect Self-Propulsion Without Flow
Fridtjof Brauns, Myles O'Leary, Arthur Hernandez +2
The self-propulsion of +1/2 topological defects is a hallmark of active nematic fluids, where the defects are advected by the flow field they themselves generate. In this paper we…
Topological Rigidity and Non-Abelian defect junctions in chiral nematic systems with effective biaxial symmetry
Jin-Sheng Wu, Roberto Abril Valenzuela, Mark J. Bowick +1
We study topologically stable defect structures in systems where the defect line classification in three dimensions and associated algebra of interactions (the fundamental group) a…
Active assembly and non-reciprocal dynamics of elastic membranes
John Berezney, Sattvic Ray, Itamar Kolvin +6
Equilibrium self-assembly and conventional materials processing techniques fall far short of mimicking dynamic self-actuating processes that are commonplace throughout biology. To…
Self-assembling clusters of particles on a shrinking liquid surface
Xin Li, Shuchen Zhang, Mark J. Bowick +1
After rainfall, pine needles often float on the surface of small puddles. As the water evaporates, they self-assemble into distinct clusters. Motivated by this natural phenomenon,…
A bound on the free energy of tensionless membranes
Francesco Serafin, Mark J. Bowick
Using the proof of Willmore's conjecture by Marques and Neves, we conjecture that the free energy of tensionless fluid membranes of arbitrary genus has an upper bound. This implies…
Geometric control of tilt transition dynamics in single-clamped thermalized elastic sheets
Roberto Abril Valenzuela, Paul Z. Hanakata, Mark J. Bowick
We study the finite-temperature dynamics of thin elastic sheets in a single-clamped cantilever configuration. This system is known to exhibit a tilt transition at which the preferr…