Resources

Author(s): Bolei Deng, Shu Wang, Chase Hartquist, and Xuanhe Zhao The crack resistance of polymer materials is explained by a new model that incorporates a network of stretchable polymer chains. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228102] Published Fri Dec 01, 2023

Author(s): Matej Ditte, Matteo Barborini, Leonardo Medrano Sandonas, and Alexandre Tkatchenko We develop a quantum embedding method that enables accurate and efficient treatment of interactions between molecules and an environment, while explicitly including many-body correlations. The molecule is composed of classical nuclei and quantum electrons, whereas the environment is modeled via char… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228001] Published Thu Nov...

Author(s): Amir Abbasi, Roland R. Netz, and Ali Naji Based on a Hamiltonian that incorporates the elastic coupling between a tracer particle and the embedding active viscoelastic biomatter, we derive a generalized non-Markovian Langevin model for the nonequilibrium mechanical tracer response. Our analytical expressions for the frequency-dependent trac… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228202] Published Thu Nov 30, 2023

Author(s): Wesley J. M. Ridgway, Mohit P. Dalwadi, Philip Pearce, and S. Jonathan Chapman We study motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in living active matter, in which cells interact through chemical signaling, or quorum sensing. In contrast to previous theories of MIPS, our multiscale continuum model accounts explicitly for genetic regulation of signal production and motility. Thr… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228302] Published Thu Nov 30...

Author(s): Natalia Podoliak, Peter Salamon, Lubor Lejček, Petr Kužel, and Vladimíra Novotná Self-assembly of organic molecules represents a fascinating playground to create various liquid crystalline nanostructures. In this Letter, we study layer undulations on micrometer scale in smectic A phases for achiral compounds, experimentally demonstrated as regular stripe patterns induced by ther… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228101] Published Tue Nov 28...

Author(s): Xiaomei Li, Aaron D. Ratschow, Steffen Hardt, and Hans-Jürgen Butt Slide electrification—the spontaneous charge separation by sliding aqueous drops—can lead to an electrostatic potential in the order of 1 kV and change drop motion substantially. To find out how slide electrification influences the contact angles of moving drops, we analyzed the dynamic contact angl… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228201] Published Tue Nov 28, 2023

Author(s): Jan Rozman, Julia M. Yeomans, and Rastko Sknepnek We study the vertex model for epithelial tissue mechanics extended to include coupling between the cell shapes and tensions in cell-cell junctions. This coupling represents an active force which drives the system out of equilibrium and leads to the formation of nematic order interspersed with promin… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228301] Published Mon Nov 27, 2023