Disorder-mediated crowd control in an active matter system

Many living systems, such as bacterial colonies, exhibit collective and dynamic behaviours that are sensitive to the change in environmental conditions. Here, the authors show that a colloidal active matter system switches between gathering and dispersal of individuals in response to a disordered po...

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Main Authors: Erçağ Pinçe, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Agnese Callegari, Parviz Elahi, Sylvain Gigan, Giovanni Volpe, Giorgio Volpe
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/041e3192dee14867a5bc6e76bde35d8f
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