Defect dynamics in active nematics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2029, 2014, Pages

  Giomi, Luca ^a,b   Bowick, Mark J ^c   Mishra, Prashant ^c   Sknepnek, Rastko ^d   Marchetti, M Cristina ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active liquid crystals; Chaotic dynamics; Self propelled particles; Topological defects

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DEFECT DYNAMICS; GLOBAL STRUCTURE; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL STRUCTURE; SELF-PROPELLED PARTICLES; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84908518116     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0365     Document Type: Article

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