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Swirlonic state of active matter

We report a novel state of active matter—a swirlonic state. It is comprised of swirlons, formed by groups of active particles orbiting their common center of mass. These quasi-particles demonstrate a surprising behavior: In response to an external load they move with a constant velocity proportional...

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Autores principales: Brilliantov, Nikolai V., Abutuqayqah, Hajar, Tyukin, Ivan Yu, Matveev, Sergey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73824-4