Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Active nematics

  • Amin Doostmohammadi,
  • Jordi Ignés-Mullol,
  • Julia M. Yeomans,
  • Francesc Sagués

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05666-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Active matter systems are made up of self-driven components which extract energy from their surroundings to generate mechanical work. Here the authors review the subfield of active nematics and provide a comparison between theoretical findings and the corresponding experimental realisations.