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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…
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…
Defect-driven shape transitions in elastic active nematic shells
D. J. G. Pearce, S. Gat, G. Livne +2
Active matter is characterized by its ability to induce motion by self-generated stress. In the case of a solid, such motion can lead to shape transformations. The stress-generatin…
Integer topological defects of cell monolayers -- mechanics and flows
Carles Blanch-Mercader, Pau Guillamat, Aurélien Roux +1
Monolayers of anisotropic cells exhibit long-ranged orientational order and topological defects. During the development of organisms, orientational order often influences morphogen…
Quantifying material properties of cell monolayers by analyzing integer topological defects
Carles Blanch-Mercader, Pau Guillamat, Aurélien Roux +1
In developing organisms, internal cellular processes generate mechanical stresses at the tissue scale. The resulting deformations depend on the material properties of the tissue, w…
The actin cortex as an active wetting layer
Jean-Francois Joanny, Karsten Kruse, Jacques Prost +1
Using active gel theory we study theoretically the properties of the cortical actin layer of animal cells. The cortical layer is described as a non-equilibrium wetting film on the…