Spontaneous topological charging of tactoids in a living nematic

Living nematic is a realization of an active matter combining a nematic liquid crystal with swimming bacteria. The material exhibits a remarkable tendency towards spatio-temporal self-organization manifested in formation of dynamic textures of self-propelled half-integer topological defects (disclin...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Mikhail M Genkin, Andrey Sokolov, Igor S Aranson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Subjects:	active nematic living liquid crystal tactoids topological charge motile bacteria
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aab1a3