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Chiral active membranes: Odd mechanics, spontaneous flows, and shape instabilities

Al-Izzi, Sami C. ; Alexander, Gareth P.

Physical review research, 2023-12, Vol.5 (4), p.043227, Article 043227 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Chiral active membranes: Odd mechanics, spontaneous flows, and shape instabilities
Autor: Al-Izzi, Sami C. ; Alexander, Gareth P.
É parte de: Physical review research, 2023-12, Vol.5 (4), p.043227, Article 043227
Descrição: Living systems are chiral on multiple scales, from constituent biopolymers to large scale morphology, and their active mechanics is both driven by chiral components and serves to generate chiral morphologies. We describe the mechanics of active fluid membranes in coordinate-free form, with focus on chiral contributions to the stress. These generate geometric “odd elastic” forces in response to mean curvature gradients but directed perpendicularly. As a result, they induce tangential membrane flows that circulate around maxima and minima of membrane curvature. When the normal viscous force amplifies perturbations the membrane shape can become linearly unstable giving rise to shape instabilities controlled by an active Scriven-Love number. We describe examples for spheroids, membranes tubes, and helicoids, discussing the relevance and predictions such examples make for a variety of biological systems from the subcellular to tissue level.
Editor: American Physical Society (APS)
Idioma: Inglês;Norueguês

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