Cascade or not cascade? Energy transfer and elastic effects in active nematics

no code implementations • 12 Jan 2021 • Livio Nicola Carenza, Luca Biferale, Giuseppe Gonnella

We numerically study the multi-scale properties of a 2d active gel to address the energy transfer mechanism.

Soft Condensed Matter

Rheology of active polar emulsions: from linear to unidirectional and unviscid flow, and intermittent viscosity

no code implementations • 25 Sep 2019 • Giuseppe Negro, Livio Nicola Carenza, Antonio Lamura, Adriano Tiribocchi, Giuseppe Gonnella

The rheological behaviour of an emulsion made of an active polar component and an isotropic passive fluid is studied by lattice Boltzmann methods.

Soft Condensed Matter