Polar Fluctuations Lead to Extensile Nematic Behavior in Confluent Tissues.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.078001
Abstract: How can a collection of motile cells, each generating contractile nematic stresses in isolation, become an extensile nematic at the tissue level? Understanding this seemingly contradictory experimental observation, which occurs irrespective of whether the tissue… read more here.
Keywords: polar fluctuations; confluent tissues; extensile nematic; nematic behavior ... See more keywords