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Density-polarity coupling in confined active polar films: asters, spirals, and biphasic orientational phases
Mathieu Dedenon, Claire A. Dessalles, Pau Guillamat +3
Topological defects in active polar fluids can organise spontaneous flows and influence macroscopic density patterns. Both of them play, for example, an important role during anima…
Localized states in active fluids
Luca Barberi, Karsten Kruse
Biological active matter is typically tightly coupled to chemical reaction networks affecting its assembly-disassembly dynamics and stress generation. We show that localized states…
Selection for size in molecular self-assembly drives the de novo evolution of a molecular machine
Zena Hadjivasiliou, Karsten Kruse
The functioning of machines typically requires a concerted action of their parts. This requirement also holds for molecular motors that drive vital cellular processes and imposes c…
Phase separation on surfaces in presence of matter exchange
Nirvana Caballero, Karsten Kruse, Thierry Giamarchi
We present a field theory to describe the composition of a surface spontaneously exchanging matter with its bulk environment. By only assuming matter conservation in the system, we…
Properties of twisted topological defects in 2D nematic liquid crystals
Daniel J. G. Pearce, Karsten Kruse
Topological defects are one of the most conspicuous features of liquid crystals. In two dimensional nematics, they have been shown to behave effectively as particles with both, cha…
Excitable actin dynamics and amoeboid cell migration
Nicolas Ecker, Karsten Kruse
Amoeboid cell migration is characterized by frequent changes of the direction of motion and resembles a persistent random walk on long time scales. Although it is well known that c…