Emergence of active nematics in chaining bacterial biofilms

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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Auteurs principaux: Yusuf Ilker Yaman, Esin Demir, Roman Vetter, Askin Kocabas
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/7aab7498bc0b4880bd27969cb05abb5f
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