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Mechanics of fiber networks under a bulk strain
Sadjad Arzash, Abhinav Sharma, Fred C. MacKintosh
Biopolymer networks are common in biological systems from the cytoskeleton of individual cells to collagen in the extracellular matrix. The mechanics of these systems under applied…
Active chiral molecules in activity gradients
Pietro Luigi Muzzeddu, Hidde Derk Vuijk, Hartmut Lowen +2
While the behavior of active colloidal molecules is well studied by now for a constant activity, the effect of activity gradients is much less understood. Here we explore one of th…
Strongly enhanced dynamics of a charged Rouse dimer by an external magnetic field
Rushikesh Shinde, Jens Uwe Sommer, Hartmut Löwen +1
While the dynamics of dimers and polymer chains in a viscous solvent is well understood within the celebrated Rouse model, the effect of an external magnetic field on the dynamics…
Collisions enhance self-diffusion in odd-diffusive systems
Erik Kalz, Hidde Derk Vuijk, Iman Abdoli +3
It is generally believed that collisions of particles reduce the self-diffusion coefficient. Here we show that in odd-diffusive systems, which are characterized by diffusion tensor…
Active Colloidal Molecules in Activity Gradients
Hidde D. Vuijk, Sophie Klempahn, Holger Merlitz +2
We consider a rigid assembly of two active Brownian particles, forming an active colloidal dimer, in a gradient of activity. We show analytically that depending on the relative ori…
Strain-controlled critical slowing down in the rheology of disordered networks
Jordan L. Shivers, Abhinav Sharma, Fred C. MacKintosh
Networks and dense suspensions frequently reside near a boundary between soft (or fluid-like) and rigid (or solid-like) regimes. Transitions between these regimes can be driven by…