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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Emergence of dynamic vortex glasses in disordered polar active fluids.

Amélie Chardac, Suraj Shankar, M Cristina Marchetti, Denis Bartolo

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Amélie ChardacUniversité de Lyon, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, F-69342 Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8783-7107
Suraj ShankarDepartment of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.ORCID 0000-0002-4615-975X
M Cristina MarchettiDepartment of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0003-3583-4999
Denis BartoloUniversité de Lyon, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, F-69342 Lyon, France; denis.bartolo@ens-lyon.fr.ORCID 0000-0001-5035-6898
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRHarvard University · USUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In equilibrium, disorder conspires with topological defects to redefine the ordered states of matter in systems as diverse as crystals, superconductors, and liquid crystals. Far from equilibrium, however, the consequences of quenched disorder on active condensed matter remain virtually uncharted. Here, we reveal a state of strongly disordered active matter with no counterparts in equilibrium: a dynamical vortex glass. Combining microfluidic experiments and theory, we show how colloidal flocks collectively cruise through disordered environments without relaxing the topological singularities of their flows. The resulting state is highly dynamical but the flow patterns, shaped by a finite density of frozen vortices, are stationary and exponentially degenerated. Quenched isotropic disorder acts as a random gauge field turning active liquids into dynamical vortex glasses. We argue that this robust mechanism should shape the collective dynamics of a broad class of disordered active matter, from synthetic active nematics to collections of living cells exploring heterogeneous media.

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active matterdisordered mediaQuincke rollerstopological defects

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PMID33658364
PMCPMC7958234
OpenAlexW3048872064

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