Non-hermitian physics

Y Ashida, Z Gong, M Ueda - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A review is given on the foundations and applications of non-Hermitian classical and
quantum physics. First, key theorems and central concepts in non-Hermitian linear algebra …

Active turbulence

R Alert, J Casademunt, JF Joanny - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Active fluids exhibit spontaneous flows with complex spatiotemporal structure, which have
been observed in bacterial suspensions, sperm cells, cytoskeletal suspensions, self …

Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization

A Elosegui-Artola, A Gupta, AJ Najibi, BR Seo… - Nature materials, 2023 - nature.com
Biomolecular and physical cues of the extracellular matrix environment regulate collective
cell dynamics and tissue patterning. Nonetheless, how the viscoelastic properties of the …

Self-propulsion of chemically active droplets

S Michelin - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Microscopic active droplets are able to swim autonomously in viscous flows. This puzzling
feature stems from solute exchanges with the surrounding fluid via surface reactions or their …

Topological active matter

S Shankar, A Souslov, MJ Bowick, MC Marchetti… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In active matter systems, individual constituents convert energy into non-conservative forces
or motion at the microscale, leading to morphological features and transport properties that …

Non-reciprocal phase transitions

M Fruchart, R Hanai, PB Littlewood, V Vitelli - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Out of equilibrium, a lack of reciprocity is the rule rather than the exception. Non-reciprocity
occurs, for instance, in active matter,,,,–, non-equilibrium systems,–, networks of neurons …

Modeling active colloids: From active brownian particles to hydrodynamic and chemical fields

A Zöttl, H Stark - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Active colloids are self-propelled particles moving in viscous fluids by consuming fuel from
their surroundings. Here, we review the numerical and theoretical modeling of active …

Odd dynamics of living chiral crystals

TH Tan, A Mietke, J Li, Y Chen, H Higinbotham… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Active crystals are highly ordered structures that emerge from the self-organization of motile
objects, and have been widely studied in synthetic, and bacterial, active matter. Whether …

[LIBRO][B] Stochastic thermodynamics: an introduction

L Peliti, S Pigolotti - 2021 - books.google.com
The first comprehensive graduate-level introduction to stochastic thermodynamics
Stochastic thermodynamics is a well-defined subfield of statistical physics that aims to …

Medical micro/nanorobots in complex media

Z Wu, Y Chen, D Mukasa, OS Pak, W Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …