Active Matter II

Presentations

• Material Flows in an Active Nematic Liquid Crystal

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 11:15 AM – March 14, 2016, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Stephen DeCamp

    • Brandeis University

  • Gabriel Redner

    • Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis Univ

  • Michael Hagan

    • Brandeis University

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    • Department of Physics, Brandeis University
    • Brandeis Univ
    • Brandeis University

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• Antipolar ordering of topological charges in active liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 11:27 AM – March 14, 2016, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Jorn Dunkel

    • MIT

  • Anand Oza

    • Courant Institute

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• Points or vectors? The polar structure of disclinations in active and passive nematics

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 11:39 AM – March 14, 2016, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Luca Giomi

    • Univ of Leiden
    • Leiden University

  • Arthur Vromans

    • Leiden University

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• Theory and Experiments of Topologically Driven Flows in Nematic Suspensions

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 11:51 AM – March 14, 2016, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Christopher Conklin

    • University of Minnesota

  • Jorge Vinals

    • University of Minnesota

  • Chenhui Peng

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State Univ - Kent
    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
    • Kent State University

  • Yubing Guo

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State Univ - Kent
    • Kent State University

  • Sergij Shiyanovskii

    • Kent State University

  • Qi-Huo Wei

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State Univ - Kent
    • Kent State University

  • Oleg Lavrentovich

    • Liquid crystal institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State Univ - Kent
    • Kent State University
    • LCI, Kent State University

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• Controlling Defects and Flow in Active Nematic Suspensions

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 12:03 PM – March 14, 2016, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Suraj Shankar

    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University

  • Pau Guillamat Bassedas

    • Department of Physical Chemistry and IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona

  • Jordi Ign\'es-Mullol

    • Department of Physical Chemistry and IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona

  • Francesc Sagu\'es

    • Department of Physical Chemistry and IN2UB, Universitat de Barcelona

  • M. Cristina Marchetti

    • Syracuse Univ
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University; Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University

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• Active nematics on the surface of a torus

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 12:15 PM – March 14, 2016, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Perry Ellis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ya-Wen Chang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Georgia Inst of Tech
    • Physics. Georgia Tech

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• Dynamics and Instabilities of an overdamped active nematic liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 12:27 PM – March 14, 2016, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Elias Putzig

    • Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University
    • Brandeis Univ

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• Viscoelastic and elastomeric active matter: linear instability and nonlinear dynamics

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 12:39 PM – March 14, 2016, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Ewan J. Hemingway

    • Durham University

  • M. E. Cates

    • University of Cambridge, UK
    • DAMTP - University of Cambridge
    • University of Cambridge

  • M. Cristina Marchetti

    • Syracuse Univ
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University; Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University

  • S. M. Fielding

    • Durham University

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• A Kinetic Model of Active Extensile Bundles

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 12:51 PM – March 14, 2016, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Goldstein

    • Brandeis Univ

  • Bulbul Chakraborty

    • Brandeis Univ

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis Univ

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• Shortening actin filaments cause force generation in actomyosin network to change from contractile to extensile

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 1:03 PM – March 14, 2016, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Nitin Kumar

    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

  • Margaret Gardel

    • James Franck institute, University of Chicago, dpt of Physics
    • Dept. of Physics, Univ of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

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• Dynamics of Actively Driven Crosslinked Microtubule Networks

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 1:15 PM – March 14, 2016, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Vikrant Yadav

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Kasimira Stanhope

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Arthur A. Evans

    • University of Wisconsin--Madison
    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • Jennifer L. Ross

    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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• Competing dynamic phases of active polymer networks

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 1:27 PM – March 14, 2016, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Simon Freedman

    • Univ of Chicago

  • Shiladitya Banerjee

    • University of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, Univ of Chicago

  • Aaron Dinner

    • James Franck Institute, Univ of Chicago
    • Univ of Chicago

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• Rapid non-equilibrium turnover fluidizes entangled F-actin solutions

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 1:39 PM – March 14, 2016, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Patrick M. McCall

    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Chicago

  • David R. Kovar

    • Depts of MGCB and BMB, Univ of Chicago

  • Margaret L. Gardel

    • Dept of Physics, Univ of Chicago

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• Critical forces for actin filament buckling and force transmission influence transport in actomyosin networks

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 1:51 PM – March 14, 2016, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Samantha Stam

    • Univ of Chicago

  • Margaret Gardel

    • James Franck institute, University of Chicago, dpt of Physics
    • Dept. of Physics, Univ of Chicago
    • James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

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• Detection of Non-Equilibrium Fluctuations in Active Gels

  ORAL

  March 14, 2016, 2:03 PM – March 14, 2016, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Alexandru Bacanu

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Chase Broedersz

    • Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Theresienstrasse 37, D-80333
    • Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany

  • Jannes Gladrow

    • Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany

  • Fred Mackintosh

    • Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands

  • Christoph Schmidt

    • Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Dept., of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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