A drop of active matter

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 705, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-57

  Joanny, Jean François ^a   Ramaswamy, Sriram ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

complex fluids; micro organism dynamics

Indexed keywords

DROPS; SOLS;

ACTIVE STRESS; COMPLEX FLUIDS; CYTOSKELETAL; DROP SHAPE; FLUID DROP; SOLID SURFACE; WETTING PROPERTY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOID; HYDRODYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; WETTING;

EID: 84871486119     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.131     Document Type: Article

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