Nonlinear Spontaneous Flow Instability in Active Nematics.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.238301
Abstract: Active nematics exhibit spontaneous flows through a well-known linear instability of the uniformly aligned quiescent state. Here, we show that even a linearly stable uniform state can experience a nonlinear instability, resulting in a discontinuous… read more here.
Keywords: flow instability; instability active; spontaneous flow; instability ... See more keywords