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| Title |
Transition from turbulent to coherent flows in confined three-dimensional active fluids
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| Published in |
Science, March 2017
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aal1979 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kun-Ta Wu, Jean Bernard Hishamunda, Daniel T N Chen, Stephen J DeCamp, Ya-Wen Chang, Alberto Fernández-Nieves, Seth Fraden, Zvonimir Dogic |
| Abstract |
Transport of fluid through a pipe is essential for the operation of macroscale machines and microfluidic devices. Conventional fluids only flow in response to external pressure. We demonstrate that an active isotropic fluid, composed of microtubules and molecular motors, autonomously flows through meter-long three-dimensional channels. We establish control over the magnitude, velocity profile, and direction of the self-organized flows and correlate these to the structure of the extensile microtubule bundles. The inherently three-dimensional transition from bulk-turbulent to confined-coherent flows occurs concomitantly with a transition in the bundle orientational order near the surface and is controlled by a scale-invariant criterion related to the channel profile. The nonequilibrium transition of confined isotropic active fluids can be used to engineer self-organized soft machines. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 25 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 43 | 73% |
| Scientists | 15 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 269 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 265 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 76 | 28% |
| Researcher | 48 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 11% |
| Professor | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 14% |
| Unknown | 40 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy | 105 | 39% |
| Engineering | 42 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 4% |
| Chemical Engineering | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 33 | 12% |
| Unknown | 49 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 240. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 February 2021.
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