Author(s): Twan Hooijschuur, Ehsan Irani, Antoine Deblais, and Sara Jabbari-Farouji
Large-scale Brownian dynamics simulations of 3D semiflexible polymers show that activity modifies the classic picture of the isotropic–nematic transition which highlights a nontrivial interplay between activity, flexibility, and crowding in these systems.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 228101] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026