Active matter
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Active matter is matter composed of large numbers of active "agents", each of which consumes
soft matter: the most extensively studied model, the Vicsek model, dates from 1995.[9]
Research in active matter combines analytical techniques, numerical simulations and experiments. Notable analytical approaches include
epithelial tissue layers,[16] cancer growth and embryogenesis), cytoskeleton components (e.g., in vitro motility assays, actin-myosin networks and molecular-motor driven filaments[17]). Experiments on synthetic systems include self-propelled colloids (e.g., phoretically propelled particles[6][18]), driven granular matter (e.g. vibrated monolayers[19]
), swarming robots and Quinke rotators.
Concepts in Active matter
- Active gels
- Dense active matter
- Collective motion
- Motility induced phase separation
- flocking and swarming
- Active stress
- Disordered hyperuniformity
Active matter systems
- Biological tissues
- Subcellular and cell mechanics
- Crowd behaviour
- Self-propelled particles and colloids
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