Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Dynamic structure of active nematic shells

  • Rui Zhang,
  • Ye Zhou,
  • Mohammad Rahimi,
  • Juan J. de Pablo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13483
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In active matter, chemical energy is transformed into mechanical motion; theoretical descriptions of nematic liquids are useful in understanding such phenomena. Here, Zhang et al. model the dynamics of active nematic liquid crystals confined onto a spherical shell in systems that mimic cell motion.