https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2019-700109-x
Regular Article
Coherent motion of dense active matter
The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford,
1 Keble Road,
Oxford OX1 3NP, UK
a e-mail: julia.yeomans@physics.ox.ac.uk
Received:
6
November
2017
Received in final form:
22
December
2017
Published online: 28 March 2019
We discuss experiments, simulations and theories showing how active nematics behave in circular and linear confinement, and in the presence of friction. In each case active turbulence can be suppressed resulting in steady or periodic flows. These have the potential to act as power sources, transforming chemical energy to mechanical work, and we review first steps in this direction.
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