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Sergio Rica 《Comptes Rendus Mecanique》2019,347(4):365-375
As shown by Crow in 1970, the evolution of two almost parallel vortex filaments with opposite circulation exhibits a long-wave instability. Ultimately, the symmetric mode increases its amplitude reconnecting both filaments and ending into the formation of an almost periodic structure of vortex rings. This is a universal process, which appears in a wide range of scales: from the vortex trails behind an airplane to a microscopic scale of superfluids and Bose–Einstein condensates. In this paper, I will focus on the vortex reconnection for the latter case by employing Gross–Pitaevskii theory. Essentially, I focus on the well-known laws of interaction and motion of vortex filaments. By means of numerical simulations, as well as theoretically, I show that a self-similar finite-time dynamics manifests near the reconnection time. A self-similar profile is selected showing excellent agreement with numerical simulations. 相似文献
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H. Wada 《The European physical journal. E, Soft matter》2009,28(1):11-16
The dynamics of a rotating elastic nano-ring driven in a viscous fluid by an externally applied torque about a specific axis
is studied using elasto-hydrodynamic simulations. We show that a helical deformation of the ring filament is excited, and
that this leads to directed propulsion which is independent of the direction of rotation. It is found that the propulsive
force and efficiency initially increase as the torque is increased, and then decrease discontinuously at a buckling transition
at a critical torque. This unique propulsive behavior at the shape transition arises due to its specific geometry, i.e., circularity of an elastic filament. The implications of the behavior for artificial microscopic devices are discussed. 相似文献
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We studied the formation of actin scaffolds in giant vesicles of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC). Polymerization of
actin was induced at low ionic strength through ionophore-mediated influx of Mg2+ (2 mM). The spatial organization of the filamentous actin was visualized by confocal and epifluorescence microscopy as a
function of the filaments length and membrane composition, by including various amounts of cholesterol or lipids with neutral
and positively charged polyethyleneglycol headgroups (PEG lipopolymers). In vesicles of pure DMPC, the newly polymerized actin
adsorbs to the membrane and forms a thin shell. In the presence of 2.5 mol% lipopolymers or of cholesterol at a molar fraction
x = 0.37, formation of a thin adsorbed film is impeded. A fuzzy cortex is predominantly formed in vesicles of diameter d smaller than the filament persistence length ( d ⩽ 15μm) while for larger vesicles a homogeneous network formation is favoured in the bulk of the vesicle. The fuzzy-cortex
formation is interpreted as a consequence of the reduction of the bending energy if the actin filaments accumulate close to
the vesicle wall.
Received: 17 January 2002 / Accepted: 21 March 2003 / Published online: 24 April 2003
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B. Bassetti M. Cosentino Lagomarsino P. Jona 《The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems》2000,15(3):483-492
We propose a two-dimensional model for the organization of stabilized microtubules driven by molecular motors in an unconfined
geometry. In this model two kinds of dynamics are competing. The first one is purely diffusive, with an interaction between
the rotational degrees of freedom, while the second one is a local drive, dependent on microtubule polarity. As a result,
there is a configuration dependent driving field. Applying a molecular field approximation, we are able to derive continuum
equations. A study on the solutions of these equations shows non-equilibrium inhomogeneous steady states in various regions
of the parameter space. The presence and stability of such self-organized states are investigated in terms of entropy production.
Numerical simulations confirm our analytic results.
Received 4 August 1999 and Received in final form 24 November 1999 相似文献
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In wastewater treatment processes, and particularly in activated sludge systems, efficiency is quite dependent on the operating conditions, and a number of problems may arise due to sludge structure and proliferation of specific microorganisms. In fact, bacterial communities and protozoa identification by microscopy inspection is already routinely employed in a considerable number of cases. Furthermore, quantitative image analysis techniques have been increasingly used throughout the years for the assessment of aggregates and filamentous bacteria properties. These procedures are able to provide an ever growing amount of data for wastewater treatment processes in which chemometric techniques can be a valuable tool. However, the determination of microbial communities’ properties remains a current challenge in spite of the great diversity of microscopy techniques applied. In this review, activated sludge characterization is discussed highlighting the aggregates structure and filamentous bacteria determination by image analysis on bright-field, phase-contrast, and fluorescence microscopy. An in-depth analysis is performed to summarize the many new findings that have been obtained, and future developments for these biological processes are further discussed. 相似文献
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Calf skin type I collagen fibrils were regenerated from acidic solution and imaged with contact mode atomic force microscopy
in air, water, and buffer solution. When imaged in air at a contact force of 20-150 nN, collagen fibrils exhibited a distinct
transverse banding pattern with a period of 65 nm, consisting of high ridges and shallow grooves. The force dependence of
the images suggests that such banding pattern is attributed to the transverse contraction of the fibril upon dehydration during
sample preparation, which reflects the tangential mass density across the fibril. Imaging in water and phosphate buffer solution
at a contact force of 15-80 nN revealed hydrated collagen fibrils with smooth surfaces. The rigidity of the collagen fibrils
decreased considerably upon hydration. Scanning the cantilever tip in an aqueous medium at a contact force of 90-280 nN enabled
us to probe subunit arrangement in the bulk region of the collagen fibril. The results indicate that the molecular assembly
in the hydrated fibril is akin to that in the intact form. The image resolution was improved by stabilizing the collagen molecules
through crosslinking with glutaraldehyde, which served to resolve microfibril-like structure on the fibril surface.
Received 28 March 2000 and Received in final form 15 June 2001 相似文献
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M.J. Bowick A. Cacciuto G. Thorleifsson A. Travesset 《The European physical journal. E, Soft matter》2001,5(2):149-160
We present an analysis of extensive large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of self-avoiding fixed-connectivity membranes for sizes (number of faces) ranging from 512 to 17672 (triangular) plaquettes. Self-avoidance is implemented via
impenetrable plaquettes. We simulate the impenetrable plaquette model in both three and four bulk dimensions. In both cases we find the
membrane to be flat for all temperatures: the size exponent in three dimensions is ν = 0.95(5) (Hausdorff dimension d
H = 2.1(1)). The single flat phase appears, furthermore, to be equivalent to the large bending rigidity phase of non-self-avoiding fixed-connectivity membranes --the roughness exponent in three dimensions is ξ = 0.63(4). This suggests that there is a unique
universality class for flat fixed-connectivity membranes without attractive interactions. Finally, we address some theoretical
and experimental implications of our work.
Received 23 June 2000 and Received in final form 25 October 2000 相似文献
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The present study aims at providing insight into the acceleration mechanism of a bubble chain rising in shear-thinning viscoelastic fluids. The experimental investigation by the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), birefringence visualisation and rheological simulation shows that two aspects are central to bubble interactions in such media: the stress creation by the passage of bubbles, and their relaxation due to the fluids memory forming an evanescent corridor of reduced viscosity. Interactions between bubbles were taken into account mainly through a linear superposition of the stress evolution behind each bubble. An analytical approach together with the rheological consideration was developed to compute the rise velocity of a bubble chain in function of the injection period and bubble volume. The model predictions compare satisfactorily with the experimental investigation. 相似文献
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T.?E.?Angelini H.?Liang W.?Wriggers G.?C.?L.?WongEmail author 《The European physical journal. E, Soft matter》2005,16(4):389-400
Attractions between like-charged polyelectrolytes have been observed in a variety of systems (W.M. Gelbart, R.F. Bruinsma, P.A. Pincus, V.A. Parsegian, Phys. Today 53, September issue, 38 (2000)). Recent biological examples include DNA, filamentous viruses, and F-actin. Theoretical investigations on idealized systems indicate that counterion correlations play a central role, but no experiments that specifically probe such correlations have been performed. Using synchrotron X-ray diffraction, we have directly observed the organization of multivalent ions on cytoskeletal filamentous actin (a well-defined biological polyelectrolyte) and found an unanticipated symmetry-breaking collective counterion mechanism for generating attractions. Surprisingly, the counterions do not form a lattice that simply follows actins helical symmetry; rather, the counterions organize into frozen ripples parallel to the actin filaments and form structures reminiscent of charge density waves. Moreover, these 1D counterion charge density waves form a coupled mode with twist deformations of the oppositely charged actin filaments. This counterion organization is not sensitive to thermal fluctuations in temperature range accessible to protein-based polyelectrolyte systems. Moreover, the counterion density waves are pinned to the spatial periodicity of charges on the actin filament even if the global filament charge density is varied, indicating the importance of charge periodicity on the polyelectrolyte substrate. 相似文献