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Hydrogels in Active Nematics

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Active nematic fluids use biopolymers to populate and drive these flows.

Adding a hydrogel that will turn into a polymer under light lets researchers create rigid or soft objects inside the flow.

This pattern forms in the nematic fluid after trapping it in a chain-link fence of hydrogel.

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