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| author | Bhattacharyya, Saraswat Yeomans, Julia M. |
| author_facet | Bhattacharyya, Saraswat Yeomans, Julia M. |
| contents | We use a continuum, two-fluid approach to study a mixture of two active nematic fluids. Even in the absence of thermodynamically-driven ordering, for mixtures of different activities we observe turbulent microphase separation, where domains form and disintegrate chaotically in an active turbulent background. This is a weak effect if there is no elastic nematic alignment between the two fluid components, but is greatly enhanced in the presence of an elastic alignment or substrate friction. We interpret the results in terms of relative flows between the two species which result from active anchoring at concentration gradients. Our results may have relevance in interpreting epithelial cell sorting and the dynamics of multi-species bacterial colonies. |
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| spellingShingle | Phase Ordering in Binary Mixtures of Active Nematic Fluids Bhattacharyya, Saraswat Yeomans, Julia M. Soft Condensed Matter We use a continuum, two-fluid approach to study a mixture of two active nematic fluids. Even in the absence of thermodynamically-driven ordering, for mixtures of different activities we observe turbulent microphase separation, where domains form and disintegrate chaotically in an active turbulent background. This is a weak effect if there is no elastic nematic alignment between the two fluid components, but is greatly enhanced in the presence of an elastic alignment or substrate friction. We interpret the results in terms of relative flows between the two species which result from active anchoring at concentration gradients. Our results may have relevance in interpreting epithelial cell sorting and the dynamics of multi-species bacterial colonies. |
| title | Phase Ordering in Binary Mixtures of Active Nematic Fluids |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19061 |