A monthly correspondence of exciting material in the field of Condensed Matter Physics
1. Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics Authors: G. Duclos, R. Adkins, D. Banerjee, M. S. E. Peterson, M. Varghese, I. Kolvin, A. Baskaran, R. A. Pelcovits, T. R. Powers, A. Baskaran, F. Toschi, M. F. Hagan, S. J. Streichan, V. Vitelli, D. A. Beller, and Z. Dogic Science 367, 1120 (2020); DOI: […]
1. Design principles for nonequilibrium self assembly Authors: Michael Nguyen and Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 113, 14231-14236(2016); DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1609983113 2. Dissipation induced transitions in elastic strings Authors: Michael Nguyen and Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan arXiv:1803.04368 Recommended with a commentary by Michael F. Hagan, Brandeis University |View Commentary (pdf)| DOI: 10.36471/JCCM_August_2019_03https://doi.org/10.36471/JCCM_August_2019_03
1) Aggregation and Segregation of Confined Active Particles Authors: Xingbo Yang, M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti arXiv:1403.0697, Soft Matter (2014) 2) Dynamics of Self-Propelled Particles Under Strong Confinement Authors: Yaouen Fily, Aparna Baskaran, Michael F. Hagan arXiv:1402.5583, Soft Matter, 10, 5609-5617 (2014) Recommended with a commentary by Charles Reichhardt and Cynthia Reichhardt, Los Alamos […]
1. Reconfigurable self-assembly through chiral control of interfacial tension. Authors: Thomas Gibaud, Edward Barry, Mark J. Zakhary, Mir Henglin, Andrew Ward, Yasheng Yang, Cristina Berciu, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Michael F. Hagan, Daniela Nicastro, Robert B. Meyer & Zvonimir Dogic. Nature 481, 348–351 (2012) Recommended with a Commentary by Efi Efrati, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago […]
Organizers: Alexander GrosbergNew York University Chandra M. Varma, Chief organizerEmeritus, University of California, Riverside Advisory Committee: Paul Chaikin, NYU Steven Girvin, Yale University Andrew Millis, Columbia University Correspondents in the last two years: Anton Akhmerov, Delft University of Technology | View Contributions | Jason Alicea, California Institute of Technology | View Contributions | Ehud Altman, […]