Spontaneous shock waves in pulse-stimulated flocks of Quincke rollers

Abstract Active matter demonstrates complex spatiotemporal self-organization not accessible at equilibrium and the emergence of collective behavior. Fluids comprised of microscopic Quincke rollers represent a popular realization of synthetic active matter. Temporal activity modulations, realized by...

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Main Authors: Bo Zhang, Andreas Glatz, Igor S. Aranson, Alexey Snezhko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42633-4