{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"submitter":["Mur M"],"pubmed_abstract":["Synthetic active matter is emerging as the prime route for the realisation of biological mechanisms such as locomotion, active mixing, and self-organisation in soft materials. In particular, passive nematic complex fluids are known to form out-of-equilibrium states with topological defects, but their locomotion, activation and experimental realization has been developed and understood to only a limited extent. Here, we report that the concentration-driven flow of small molecules triggers turbulent flow in the thin film of a nematic liquid crystal that continuously generates pairs of topological defects with an integer topological charge. The diffusion results in the formation of counter-rotating vortex rolls in the liquid crystal, which above a velocity threshold transform into a turbulent"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["6855"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9652398"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Continuous generation of topological defects in a passively driven nematic liquid crystal."],"pmcid":["PMC9652398"],"pubmed_authors":["Mur M","Musevic I","Kos Z","Ravnik M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Continuous generation of topological defects in a passively driven nematic liquid crystal.","description":"Synthetic active matter is emerging as the prime route for the realisation of biological mechanisms such as locomotion, active mixing, and self-organisation in soft materials. In particular, passive nematic complex fluids are known to form out-of-equilibrium states with topological defects, but their locomotion, activation and experimental realization has been developed and understood to only a limited extent. Here, we report that the concentration-driven flow of small molecules triggers turbulent flow in the thin film of a nematic liquid crystal that continuously generates pairs of topological defects with an integer topological charge. The diffusion results in the formation of counter-rotating vortex rolls in the liquid crystal, which above a velocity threshold transform into a turbulent","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-25T23:27:53.467Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:21:22.938Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9652398","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36369171"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-34384-5"]}}