Active matter, which ranges from molecular motors to groups of animals, exists at different
length scales and timescales, and various computational models have been proposed to …

The correct execution of many cellular processes, such as division and motility, requires the
cell to adopt a specific shape. Physically, these shapes are determined by the interplay of …

A swarm of simple active particles confined in a flexible scaffold is a promising system to
make mobile and deformable superstructures. These soft structures can perform tasks that …

Active particles, such as swimming bacteria or self-propelled colloids, spontaneously
assemble into large-scale dynamic structures. Geometric boundaries often enforce different …

The study of active matter has revealed novel non-equilibrium collective behaviors,
illustrating their potential as a new materials platform. However, most work treat active matter …

In active matter systems, deformable boundaries provide a mechanism to organize internal
active stresses. To study a minimal model of such a system, we perform particle-based …

Active vesicles, constructed through the confinement of self-propelled particles (SPPs)
inside a lipid membrane shell, exhibit a large variety of non-equilibrium shapes, ranging …

We study the behaviour of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CR) in the presence
of neighbouring regions of different viscosity. We show that the velocity and angular diffusion …

While the collective motion of active particles has been studied extensively, effective
strategies to navigate particle swarms without external guidance remain elusive. We …

Eukaryotic cells adhere to extracellular matrix during the normal development of the
organism, forming static adhesion as well as during cell motility. We study this process by …