Banding, Excitability and Chaos in Active Nematic Suspensions

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2011-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/1110.4338v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

15 pages, 15 figures

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Motivated by the observation of highly unstable flowing states in suspensions of microtubules and kinesin, we analyze a model of mutually-propelled filaments suspended in a solvent. The system undergoes a mean-field isotropic-nematic transition for large enough filament concentrations when the nematic order parameter is allowed to vary in space and time. We analyze the model in two contexts: a quasi-one-dimensional channel with no-slip walls and a two-dimensional box with periodic boundaries. Using stability analysis and numerical calculations we show that the interplay between non-uniform nematic order, activity, and flow results in a variety of complex scenarios that include spontaneous banded laminar flow, relaxation oscillations, and chaos.

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