Ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic order in bacterial vortex lattices

Despite their inherent non-equilibrium nature1, living systems can self-organize in highly ordered collective states2,3 that share striking similarities with the thermodynamic equilibrium phases4,5 of conventional condensed matter and fluid systems. Examples range from the liquid-crystal-like arrang...

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Main Authors: Wioland, Hugo, Woodhouse, Francis G., Dunkel, Jörn, Goldstein, Raymond E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869837/