Active matter within and around us : from self-propelled particles to flocks and living forms / Len Pismen.
Pismen, Len M., author.
2021
QH506 .P57 2021
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Title Active matter within and around us : from self-propelled particles to flocks and living forms / Len Pismen.
Author Pismen, Len M., author.
ISBN 9783030684211 (electronic bk.)
3030684210 (electronic bk.)
3030684202
9783030684204
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68421-1
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-68421-1 doi
Call Number QH506 .P57 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 572.8
Summary This book presents a comprehensive review of various aspects of the novel and rapidly developing field of active matter, which encompasses a wide variety of self-organized self-driven energy-consuming media or agents. Most naturally occurring examples are of biological origin, spanning all scales from intracellular structures to swimming and crawling cells and microorganisms, to living tissues, bacterial colonies and flocks of birds. But the field also encompasses artificial systems, from colloids to soft robots. Intrinsically out of equilibrium and free of constraints of time-reversal symmetry, such systems display a range of surprising and unusual behaviors. In this book, the author emphasizes connections between fluid-mechanical, material, biological and technological aspects of active matter. He employs a minimum of mathematical tools, ensuring that the presentation is accessible to a wider scientific community. Richly illustrated, it gives the reader a clear picture of this fascinating field, its diverse phenomena and its open questions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Series Frontiers collection.
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Introduction
Polar Flocks
Active Nematics
Active Colloids
Motion of Microorganisms
Eukaryotic Cells
Active Gels
Live Tissues
Morphogenesis.

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