Rheology of active-particle suspensions

被引：389

作者：

Hatwalne, Y

Ramaswamy, S

Rao, M

Simha, RA

机构：

[1] Raman Res Inst, Bangalore 560080, Karnataka, India

[2] Indian Inst Sci, Dept Phys, Ctr Condensed Matter Theory, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India

[3] UAS, Natl Ctr Biol Sci, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India

[4] MPI, PKS, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 92卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.118101

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We study the interplay of activity, order, and flow through a set of coarse-grained equations governing the hydrodynamic velocity, concentration, and stress fields in a suspension of active, energy-dissipating particles. We make several predictions for the rheology of such systems, which can be tested on bacterial suspensions, cell extracts with motors and filaments, or artificial machines in a fluid. The phenomena of cytoplasmic streaming, elastotaxis, and active mechanosensing find natural explanations within our model.

引用

页码：118101 / 1

页数：4

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