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Data-driven model construction for anisotropic dynamics of active matter
Mengyang Gu, Xinyi Fang, Yimin Luo
The dynamics of cellular pattern formation is crucial for understanding embryonic development and tissue morphogenesis. Recent studies have shown that human dermal fibroblasts cult…
Molecular-scale substrate anisotropy and crowding drive long-range nematic order of cell monolayers
Yimin Luo, Mengyang Gu, Minwook Park +7
The ability of cells to reorganize in response to external stimuli is important in areas ranging from morphogenesis to tissue engineering. Elongated cells can co-align due to steri…
Topological defect-propelled swimming of nematic colloids
Tianyi Yao, Žiga Kos, Yimin Luo +3
Non-equilibrium dynamics of topological defects can be used as a fundamental propulsion mechanism in microscopic active matter. Here, we demonstrate swimming of topological defect-…
Tunable colloid trajectories in nematic liquid crystals near wavy walls
Yimin Luo, Daniel A. Beller, Giuseppe Boniello +2
The ability to dictate colloid motion is an important challenge in fields ranging from materials science to living systems. Here, by embedding energy landscapes in confined nematic…
Experimental realization of the "lock-and-key" mechanism in liquid crystals
Yimin Luo, Francesca Serra, Kathleen J. Stebe
The ability to control the movement and assembly of particles in liquid crystals is not only an important route to design functional materials, but also sheds light on the mechanis…
Curvature-driven, One-step Assembly of Reconfigurable Smectic Liquid Crystal "Compound Eye" Lenses
Francesca Serra, Mohamed A. Gharbi, Yimin Luo +5
Confined smectic A liquid crystals (SmA LCs) form topological defects called focal conic domains (FCDs) that focus light as gradient-index lenses. Here, we exploit surface curvatur…