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Seminar✓ Recording AvailablePhysics of Life

Theory of activity-powered interface

Zhihong You

Dr

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Monday, August 30, 2021

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

5:00 PM America/Los_Angeles

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Physics of Life

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SLAAM by UC Merced

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70 minutes

Abstract

Interfaces and membranes are ubiquitous in cellular systems across various scales. From lipid membranes to the interfaces of biomolecular condensates inside the cell, these borders not only protect and segregate the inner components from the outside world, but also are actively participating in mechanical regulation and biochemical reaction of the cell. Being part of a living system, these interfaces (membranes) are usually active and away from equilibrium. Yet, it's still not clear how activity can tweak their equilibrium dynamics. Here, I will introduce a model system to tackle this problem. We put together a passive fluid and an active nematics, and study the behavior of this liquid-liquid interface. Whereas thermal fluctuation of such an interface is too weak to be observed, active stress can easily force the interface to fluctuate, overhang, and even break up. In the presence of a wall, the active phase exhibits superfluid-like behavior: it can climb up walls -- a phenomenon we call activity-induced wetting. I will show how to formulate theories to capture these phenomena, highlighting the nontrivial effects of active stress. Our work not only demonstrates that activity can introduce interesting features to an interface, but also sheds light on controlling interfacial properties using activity.

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active nematicsactive stressactive-nematicsactivity-induced wettingactivity-powered interfacebiomolecular condensatesequilibrium dynamicsfluctuationsmembranesnon-equillibriumsuperfluid-like behaviourthermal fluctuation

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Zhihong You

Dr

University of California, Santa Barbara

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