Activity-induced polar patterns of filaments gliding on a sphere

Active matter exhibits a range of collective behaviors offering insights into how complex patterns can emerge at different length scales. Here, Hsu et al. confine active filaments on the spherical surface of a lipid vesicle and observe the formation of off-equator polar vortices and jammed patterns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chiao-Peng Hsu, Alfredo Sciortino, Yu Alice de la Trobe, Andreas R. Bausch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30128-7