Environment-Stored Memory in Active Nematics and Extra-Cellular Matrix Remodeling

RM Adar, JF Joanny - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Many active systems display nematic order, while interacting with their environment. In this
Letter, we show theoretically how environment-stored memory acts an effective external field …

Ordering, spontaneous flows and aging in active fluids depositing tracks

S Bell, J Ackermann, A Maitra, R Voituriez - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Growing experimental evidence shows that cell monolayers can induce long-lived
perturbations to their environment, akin to footprints, which in turn influence the global …