Enigmatic nematics: Law of hydrodynamics governing the way internally driven systems behave could explain their complex structure

Monday, October 29, 2012 - 08:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Physicists use hydrodynamics to understand the physical mechanism responsible for changes in the long-range order of groups of particles. Researchers have now focused on ordered groups of elongated self-propelled particles. They have studied the breakdown of long-range order due to fluctuations that render them unstable and give rise to complex structures, in a new study.

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