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Design rules for controlling active topological defects
Suraj Shankar, Luca V. D. Scharrer, Mark J. Bowick +1
Topological defects play a central role in the physics of many materials, including magnets, superconductors and liquid crystals. In active fluids, defects become autonomous partic…
The role of non-affine deformations in the elastic behavior of the cellular vertex model
Michael F. Staddon, Arthur Hernandez, Mark J. Bowick +2
The vertex model of epithelia describes the apical surface of a tissue as a tiling of polygonal cells, with a mechanical energy governed by deviations in cell shape from preferred,…
Active nematic defects in compressible and incompressible flows
Supavit Pokawanvit, Zhitao Chen, Zhihong You +3
We study the dynamics of active nematic films on a substrate driven by active flows with or without the incompressible constraint.Through simulations and theoretical analysis, we s…