The role of friction in multidefect ordering
We use continuum simulations to study the impact of friction on the ordering of defects in an active nematic. Even in a frictionless system, +1/2 defects tend to align side by side and orient antiparallel reflecting their propensity to form, and circulate with, flow vortices. Increasing friction enh...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2020
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