Controlling active matter #
Organisers: Anton Souslov and Ananyo Maitra
Minisymposium abstract
Active matter refers to collections of living or synthetic constituents that turn ambient energy into mechanical work. As a complex far-from-equilibrium state, the descriptions of active matter at the single-particle, many-particle, and continuum levels require innovations in mathematical modelling. These models enable the control of biological and synthetic active materials and will allow us to design functional materials with specific well-controlled properties. This session will explore connections that will help build such theories of active matter and use these mathematical approaches to describe a variety of experimental systems.
Odd dynamics of living chiral crystals #
Alexander Mietke, T H Tan, J Li, Y Chen, H Higinbotham, P J Foster, S Gokhale, J Dunkel, N Fakhri
14:10 Monday in 2Q48.
Conditions for hydrodynamic coordination in arrays of model cilia #
Rachel Bennett, Fanlong Meng, Nariya Uchida, Ramin Golestanian
14:30 Monday in 2Q48.
Is the tendency for all living systems to do work universal? #
Elsen Tjhung
14:50 Monday in 2Q48.
Shear thickening and Yielding Transitions in Biological Tissues #
Michael Hertaeg, Suzanne Fielding, Dapeng Bi
15:10 Monday in 2Q48.
Active elastocapillarity in soft solids with negative surface tension #
Jack Binysh, Thomas R Wilks, Anton Souslov
15:30 Monday in 2Q48.
Large deviations and optimal control in active fluids #
Robert Jack
15:50 Monday in 2Q48.