Emergence of active nematics in chaining bacterial biofilms
Active nematics consist of elongated self-driven units and can emerge in bacterial systems. Here the authors investigate such emergence in a growing bacterial biofilm and demonstrate that localized stress and mechanical instabilities drive the formation of large-scale order.
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/7aab7498bc0b4880bd27969cb05abb5f |
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| Sumario: | Active nematics consist of elongated self-driven units and can emerge in bacterial systems. Here the authors investigate such emergence in a growing bacterial biofilm and demonstrate that localized stress and mechanical instabilities drive the formation of large-scale order. |
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