Defects in active nematics - algorithms for identification and tracking

DOI10.1515/CMAM-2020-0021zbMATH Open1487.76008arXiv2002.02748OpenAlexW3126205002MaRDI QIDQ2237845FDOQ2237845

Authors: Dennis Wenzel, Michael Nestler, Sebastian Reuther, Maximilian Simon, Axel Voigt 

Publication date: 28 October 2021

Published in: Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The growing interest in active nematics and the emerging evidence of the relevance of topological defects in biology asks for reliable data analysis tools to identify, classify and track such defects in simulation and microscopy data. We here provide such tools and demonstrate on two examples, on an active turbulent state in an active nematodynamic model and on emerging nematic order in a multi-phase field model, the possibility to compare statistical data on defect velocities with experimental results. The considered tools, which are physics based and data driven, are compared with each other.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.02748

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zbMATH Keywords

neural networktopological defecttensor fieldactive turbulelent liquid crystalmulti-phase field modelstatistical defect velocity theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Turbulence (76F99) Three or more component flows (76T30)

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• Editorial: Sino-German computational and applied mathematics
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• Unifying polar and nematic active matter: emergence and co-existence of half-integer and full-integer topological defects
• Active Nematodynamics on Curved Surfaces – The Influence of Geometric Forces on Motion Patterns of Topological Defects

Uses Software

• Fiji
• AMDiS

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