[HTML][HTML] Active nematic-isotropic interfaces on flat surfaces: effects of anchoring, ordering field and activity

RCV Coelho, JA Moreira, DMC Pedro, MMT da Gama - Giant, 2024 - Elsevier
A surface in contact with the isotropic phase of a passive liquid crystal can induce nematic
order over distances that range from microscopic to macroscopic when the nematic-isotropic …

Achieving designed texture and flows in bulk active nematics using optimal control theory

S Ghosh, A Baskaran, MF Hagan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.14596, 2024 - arxiv.org
Being intrinsically nonequilibrium, active materials can potentially perform functions that
would be thermodynamically forbidden in passive materials. However, active systems have …

Closed-loop control of active nematic flows

K Nishiyama, J Berezney, MM Norton… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Living things enact control of non-equilibrium, dynamical structures through complex
biochemical networks, accomplishing spatiotemporally-orchestrated physiological tasks …