Spontaneous motion in hierarchically assembled active matter

Tim Sanchez, Daniel T. N. Chen, Stephen J. DeCamp, Michael Heymann and Zvonimir Dogic ()
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Tim Sanchez: Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
Daniel T. N. Chen: Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
Stephen J. DeCamp: Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
Michael Heymann: Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
Zvonimir Dogic: Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7424, 431-434

Abstract: Active materials are hierarchically assembled, starting from extensile microtubule bundles, to form emulsions with unexpected collective biomimetic properties such as autonomous motility.

Date: 2012
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