3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Bend Instabilities and Topological Turbulence in Shear-Aligned Living Liquid Crystal
Hend Baza, Fei Chen, Taras Turiv +2
Flagellated microswimmers B. Subtilis dispersed in a nematic phase of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal form a living liquid crystal (LLC). The combination of the passive and ac…
cond-mat.soft2024
Directional Swimming of B. Subtilis Bacteria Near a Switchable Polar Surface
Mahesha Kodithuwakku Arachchige, Zakaria Siddiquee, Hend Baza +3
The dynamics of swimming bacteria depend on the properties of their habitat media. Recently it was shown that the motion of swimming bacteria dispersed directly in a non-toxic wate…
cond-mat.soft2024
High order nonlinear electrophoresis in a nematic liquid crystal
Mojtaba Rajabi, Taras Turiv, Bing-Xiang Li +3
Electrophoresis is the motion of particles relative to a surrounding fluid driven by a uniform electric field. In conventional electrophoresis, the electrophoretic velocity grows l…