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Phase separation driven by active flows
- Abstract:
- We extend the continuum theories of active nematohydrodynamics to model a two-fluid mixture with separate velocity fields for each fluid component, coupled through a viscous drag. The model is used to study an active nematic fluid mixed with an isotropic fluid. We find microphase separation, and argue that this results from an interplay between active anchoring and active flows driven by concentration gradients. The results may be relevant to cell sorting and the formation of lipid rafts in cell membranes.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1103/physrevlett.130.238201
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- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Journal:
- Physical Review Letters More from this journal
- Volume:
- 130
- Issue:
- 23
- Article number:
- 238201
- Publication date:
- 2023-06-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-05-09
- DOI:
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1079-7114
- ISSN:
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0031-9007
- Pmid:
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37354397
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1489838
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pubs:1489838
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2023-07-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Bhattacharyya and Yeomans
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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