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  • Colloidal suspensions are important in the pharmaceutical and food industries. Here, the breaking of filaments of a colloidal liquid under tensile loading is shown to be closely related to the jamming transition seen in its shear rheology; surprising viscoelasticity is also observed in the fluid under tension.

    • M.I. Smith
    • R. Besseling
    • V. Bertola
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 1, P: 1-5

  • The pressure that a fluid of self-propelled particles exerts on its container is shown to depend on microscopic interactions between fluid and container, suggesting that there is no equation of state for mechanical pressure in generic active systems.

    • A. P. Solon
    • Y. Fily
    • J. Tailleur
    Research
    Nature Physics
    Volume: 11, P: 673-678

  • How living cells move around is crucial for the understanding of their biological functions. Here, Tjhung et al. reproduce cellular motility via a minimal physical model, whereby a cell in three-dimensions is represented as a droplet of active polar fluid constrained by interfacial tension.

    • E. Tjhung
    • A. Tiribocchi
    • M. E. Cates
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-9

  • Colloidal particles dispersed in liquid crystal hold promise for new functional materials with tunable elastic and electro-optic properties. Through simulations, Stratford et al.predict a new class of colloidal networks in a chiral liquid crystal host, which could guide the design of these materials.

    • K. Stratford
    • O. Henrich
    • D. Marenduzzo
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 5, P: 1-8

  • Open crystalline configurations self-assembled from colloids with sticky patches have recently been shown to be unexpectedly stable. A theory that accounts for the entropy of the colloids' thermal fluctuations now explains why.

    • Michael E. Cates
    News & Views
    Nature Materials
    Volume: 12, P: 179-180