In active matter systems, individual constituents convert energy into non-conservative forces
or motion at the microscale, leading to morphological features and transport properties that …

Active matter extracts energy from its surroundings at the single particle level and transforms
it into mechanical work. Examples include cytoskeleton biopolymers and bacterial …

Various types of structures self-organised by animals exist in nature, such as bird flocks and
insect swarms, which stem from the local communications of vast numbers of limited …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are ubiquitous in display technologies. The orientational ordering in the
nematic phase of LCs gives rise to structural anisotropy, the ability to form topological …

Active matter agents consume internal energy or extract energy from the environment for
locomotion and force generation. Already, rather generic models, such as ensembles of …

The field of active matter, and particularly active emulsions, is growing rapidly, with
significant progress made recently on both theoretical and experimental fronts. Here, we …

The physics of active liquid crystals is mostly governed by the interplay between elastic
forces that align their constituents, and active stresses that destabilize the order with …

Active matter composed of self-propelled interacting units holds a major promise for the
extraction of useful work from its seemingly chaotic dynamics. Streamlining active matter is …

Emulsion-based drilling fluids are critical in the development of oil and natural gas from
unconventional reservoirs due to their superior wellbore stabilizing capacity, good erosion …

The adsorption of solid particles at fluid interfaces to stabilize emulsions or foams has been
known for more than a century. Over the past 10 years, the focus of the Pickering emulsion …