Defect Annihilation and Proliferation in Active Nematics

Spontaneous flows and self-propelled drops

(2012) M. Cristina Marchetti   NATURE

Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

(2012) Tim Sanchez et al.   NATURE

Banding, excitability and chaos in active nematic suspensions

(2012) L Giomi et al.   NONLINEARITY

Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids

(2012) H. H. Wensink et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nonlinear dynamics and rheology of active fluids: Simulations in two dimensions

(2011) S. M. Fielding et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Excitable Patterns in Active Nematics

(2011) L. Giomi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Defect hydrodynamics in 2D polar active fluids

(2011) J. Elgeti et al.   Soft Matter

Sheared active fluids: Thickening, thinning, and vanishing viscosity

(2010) Luca Giomi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Flow and reorientation in the dynamics of nematic defects

(2009) André M. Sonnet et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Reduction of Viscosity in Suspension of Swimming Bacteria

(2009) Andrey Sokolov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Complex Spontaneous Flows and Concentration Banding in Active Polar Films

(2008) Luca Giomi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS