Kavli Affiliate: Mark J. Bowick | First 5 Authors: Supavit Pokawanvit, Zhitao Chen, Zhihong You, Luiza Angheluta, M. Cristina Marchetti | Summary: We study two-dimensional active nematics on a substrate, comparing compressible and incompressible flows. Through simulations and theoretical analysis we show that arch patterns are stable in the compressible case but are unstable in […]
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