no code implementations • 21 Dec 2020 • Yuqing Qiu, Michael Nguyen, Glen M. Hocky, Aaron R. Dinner, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan
Understanding the role of non-equilibrium driving in self-organization is crucial for developing a predictive description of biological systems, yet it is impeded by their complexity.
Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics
2 code implementations • 18 Dec 2020 • Laura Tociu, Gregory Rassolov, Etienne Fodor, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan
An important challenge in the design of novel materials which utilize such properties is to precisely connect the static structure of active systems to the dissipation of energy induced by the local driving.
Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics
no code implementations • 6 Sep 2019 • Zhenghan Liao, Ming Han, Michel Fruchart, Vincenzo Vitelli, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan
Chiral active fluids are known to have anomalous transport properties such as the so-called odd viscosity.
Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter