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Journal Articles

Khan, MT, Cammann, J, Sengupta, A, Renzi, E, Mazza, MG (2024) Toward a realistic model of multilayered bacterial colonies, Condensed Matter Physics, 27(1), pp.13802-13802, ISSN: 1607-324X. DOI: 10.5488/cmp.27.13802.

Faluweki, MK, Cammann, J, Mazza, M, Goehring, L (2023) Active spaghetti: collective organization in cyanobacteria, Physical Review Letters, 131(15), 158303, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.158303.

Renzi, E and Mazza, M (2023) Electromagnetic field generated by tsunamigenic seabed deformation, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 966, A3, ISSN: 0022-1120. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.422.

Doostmohammadi, A, Mazza, M, Shendruk, TN, Stark, H (2023) Editorial: Active and intelligent living matter: from fundamentals to applications, Frontiers in Physics, 11, 1231716, DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1231716.

Paget, J, Mazza, M, Archer, A, Shendruk, TN (2023) Complex-tensor theory of simple smectics, Nature Communications, 14, 1048, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36506-z.

Till, S, Ebmeier, F, Fragkopoulos, AA, Mazza, M, Bäumchen, O (2022) Motility and self-organization of gliding Chlamydomonas populations, Physical Review Research, 4(4), L042046, ISSN: 2643-1564. DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.l042046.

Bentley, SA, Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer, H, Anagnostidis, V, Cammann, J, Mazza, M, Gielen, F, Wan, KY (2022) Phenotyping single-cell motility in microfluidic confinement, eLife, 11, e76519, DOI: 10.7554/elife.76519.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, M (2022) Active percolation in pusher-type microswimmers, Europhysics Letters, 140(4), 47001, ISSN: 0295-5075. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/aca11c.

Paget, J, Alberti, U, Mazza, M, Archer, A, Shendruk, T (2022) Smectic layering: Landau theory for a complex-tensor order parameter, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(35), 354001, ISSN: 1751-8113. DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/ac80df.

Hornischer, H, Pritz, PJ, Pritz, J, Mazza, M, Boos, M (2022) Modeling of human group coordination, Physical Review Research, 4(2), 023037, DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.4.023037.

Fragkopoulos, AA, Vachier, J, Frey, J, Menn, F-ML, Mazza, M, Wilczek, M, Zwicker, D, Bäumchen, O (2021) Self-generated oxygen gradients control collective aggregation of photosynthetic microbes, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 18(185), DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0553.

Cammann, J, Schwarzendahl, FJ, Ostapenko, T, Lavrentovich, D, Bäumchen, O, Mazza, MG (2021) Emergent probability fluxes in confined microbial navigation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(39), pp.e2024752118-e2024752118, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024752118.

Eichler, J-C, Skutnik, RA, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2021) Flow-assisted self-healing of the helical structure in a cholesteric liquid crystal, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 155, 054903, ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/5.0058745.

Mandal, S and Mazza, M (2021) Multiparticle collision dynamics simulations of a squirmer in a nematic fluid, The European Physical Journal E, 44(5), 64, ISSN: 1292-8941. DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00072-3.

Skutnik, RA, Eichler, J-C, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2021) The temperature dependence of the helical pitch in a cholesteric liquid crystal, Molecular Physics, 119(15-16), e1881638, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1881638.

Stricker, L, Guido, I, Breithaupt, T, Mazza, M, Vollmer, J (2020) Hybrid sideways/longitudinal swimming in the monoflagellate Shewanella oneidensis: from aerotactic band to biofilm, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17(171), 20200559, ISSN: 1742-5689. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0559.

Scacchi, A, Mazza, M, Archer, A (2020) Sensitive dependence on molecular interactions of length scales in sheared soft matter, Physical Review Research, 2(3), 032064, DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.032064.

Bai, Q and Mazza, M (2019) Crystallization via shaking in a granular gas with van der Waals interactions, Physical Review E, 100, 042910, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.042910.

Eichler, J-C, Skutnik, RA, Sengupta, A, Mazza, M, Schoen, M (2019) Emergent biaxiality in nematic microflows illuminated by a laser beam, Molecular Physics, 117(23-24), pp.3715-3733, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1663286.

Hornischer, H, Herminghaus, S, Mazza, M (2019) Structural transition in the collective behavior of cognitive agents, Scientific Reports, 9, 12477, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48638-8.

Mandal, S and Mazza, MG (2019) Multiparticle collision dynamics for tensorial nematodynamics, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 99(6), ARTN 063319, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.063319.

Singh, C and Mazza, MG (2019) Electrification in granular gases leads to constrained fractal growth, Scientific Reports, 9(1), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45447-x.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, MG (2019) Hydrodynamic interactions dominate the structure of active swimmers' pair distribution functions, Journal of Chemical Physics, 150, pp.184902-184902, ISSN: 0021-9606.

Vachier, J and Mazza, MG (2019) Dynamics of sedimenting active Brownian particles, The European Physical Journal E, 42(1), 11, ISSN: 1292-8941. DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11770-6.

Breier, RE, Lalescu, CC, Waas, D, Wilczek, M, Mazza, M (2018) Emergence of phytoplankton patchiness at small scales in mild turbulence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(48), pp.12112-12117, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808711115.

Schkolnik, G, Schmidt, M, Mazza, MG, Harnisch, F, Musat, N (2018) Correction: In situ analysis of a silver nanoparticle-precipitating Shewanella biofilm by surface enhanced confocal Raman microscopy(PLOS ONE (2018) 13:6(e0199344) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199344), PLoS ONE, 13(6), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145871.

Singh, C and Mazza, MG (2018) Early-stage aggregation in three-dimensional charged granular gas, Physical Review E, 97(2), 022904, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.022904.

Ostapenko, T, Schwarzendahl, FJ, Böddeker, TJ, Kreis, CT, Cammann, J, Mazza, MG, Bäumchen, O (2018) Curvature-Guided Motility of Microalgae in Geometric Confinement, Physical Review Letters, 120(6), 068002, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.068002.

Sentker, K, Zantop, AW, Lippmann, M, Hofmann, T, Seeck, OH, Kityk, AV, Yildirim, A, Schönhals, A, Mazza, MG, Huber, P (2018) Quantized Self-Assembly of Discotic Rings in a Liquid Crystal Confined in Nanopores, Physical Review Letters, 120(6), 067801, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.067801.

Schwarzendahl, FJ and Mazza, M (2018) Maximum in density heterogeneities of active swimmers, Soft Matter, 14(23), pp.4666-4678, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/C7SM02301D.

Schkolnik, G, Schmidt, M, Mazza, MG, Harnisch, F, Musat, N (2018) Correction: In situ analysis of a silver nanoparticle-precipitating Shewanella biofilm by surface enhanced confocal Raman microscopy, PLoS ONE, 13(6), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145871.

Gräwer, J, Ronellenfitsch, H, Mazza, MG, Katifori, E (2017) Trophallaxis-inspired model for distributed transport between randomly interacting agents, Physical Review E, 96(2), 022111, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.022111.

Stieger, T, Agha, H, Schoen, M, Mazza, M, Sengupta, A (2017) Hydrodynamic cavitation in Stokes flow of anisotropic fluids, Nature Communications, 8, 15550, ISSN: 2041-1723. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15550.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Meiwes Turrión, V, Hall, CK, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2017) The Impact of Colloidal Surface-Anchoring on the Smectic A Phase, Langmuir, 33(9), pp.2222-2234, ISSN: 0743-7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03941.

Herminghaus, S and Mazza, MG (2016) Phase separation in driven granular gases: exploring the elusive character of nonequilibrium steady states, Soft Matter, 13(5), pp.898-910, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02224C.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Meiwes Turrión, V, Stieger, T, Grotjahn, R, Hall, CK, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2016) A novel model for smectic liquid crystals: Elastic anisotropy and response to a steady-state flow, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 145(16), pp.164903-164903, ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4965711.

Cho, YS, Mazza, MG, Kahng, B, Nagler, J (2016) Genuine non-self-averaging and ultraslow convergence in gelation, Physical Review E, 94(2), 022602, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.022602.

Clewett, JPD, Wade, J, Bowley, RM, Herminghaus, S, Swift, MR, Mazza, MG (2016) The minimization of mechanical work in vibrated granular matter, Scientific Reports, 6(1), 28726, DOI: 10.1038/srep28726.

Mazza, MG (2016) The physics of biofilms—an introduction, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(20), pp.203001-203001, ISSN: 0022-3727. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/20/203001.

Hummel, M, Clewett, JPD, Mazza, MG (2016) A universal scaling law for the evolution of granular gases, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 114(1), pp.10002-10002, ISSN: 0295-5075. DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/114/10002.

Hummel, M and Mazza, MG (2016) Declustering in a granular gas as a finite-size effect, Physical Review E, 93(2), 022905, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.022905.

Breier, RE, Selinger, RLB, Ciccotti, G, Herminghaus, S, Mazza, MG (2016) Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in collective active motion, Physical Review E, 93(2), 022410, ISSN: 2470-0045. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.022410.

Stieger, T, Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Schoen, M, Mazza, MG (2016) Flow-induced deformation of closed disclination lines near a spherical colloid immersed in a nematic host phase, Molecular Physics, 114(2), pp.259-275, ISSN: 0026-8976. DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1096973.

Córdoba, A, Stieger, T, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M, de Pablo, JJ (2016) Anisotropy and probe-medium interactions in the microrheology of nematic fluids, Journal of Rheology, 60(1), pp.75-95, ISSN: 0148-6055. DOI: 10.1122/1.4935849.

Püschel-Schlotthauer, S, Stieger, T, Melle, M, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2016) Coarse-grained treatment of the self-assembly of colloids suspended in a nematic host phase, Soft Matter, 12(2), pp.469-480, ISSN: 1744-683X. DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01860a.

Lee, K-W and Mazza, MG (2015) Stochastic rotation dynamics for nematic liquid crystals, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(16), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4919310.

Schulz, B, Mazza, MG, Bahr, C (2014) Single-molecule diffusion in freely suspended smectic films, Physical Review E, 90(4), 040501, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.90.040501.

Stieger, T, Schoen, M, Mazza, MG (2014) Effects of flow on topological defects in a nematic liquid crystal near a colloid, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(5), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4862953.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2012) Effect of pressure on the anomalous response functions of a confined water monolayer at low temperature, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 137(20), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4767355.

Stieger, T, Mazza, MG, Schoen, M (2012) Diffusivity Maximum in a Reentrant Nematic Phase, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(6), pp.7854-7871, DOI: 10.3390/ijms13067854.

Melle, M, Schlotthauer, S, Mazza, MG, Klapp, SHL, Schoen, M (2012) Defect topologies in a nematic liquid crystal near a patchy colloid, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 136(19), ISSN: 0021-9606. DOI: 10.1063/1.4717619.

Strekalova, EG, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2012) Hydrophobic nanoconfinement suppresses fluctuations in supercooled water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24(6), pp.064111-064111, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/6/064111.

Strekalova, EG, Corradini, D, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Gallo, P, Franzese, G, Stanley, HE (2012) Effect of hydrophobic environments on the hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point of water, Journal of Biological Physics, 38(1), pp.97-111, ISSN: 0092-0606. DOI: 10.1007/s10867-011-9241-9.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Pagnotta, SE, Bruni, F, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2011) More than one dynamic crossover in protein hydration water, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(50), pp.19873-19878, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104299108.

Mazza, MG and Schoen, M (2011) Structure and Dynamics of Reentrant Nematics: Any Open Questions after Almost 40 Years?, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12(8), pp.5352-5372, DOI: 10.3390/ijms12085352.

Perakakis, P, Taylor, M, Mazza, MG, Trachana, V (2011) Understanding the role of open peer review and dynamic academic articles, Scientometrics, 88(2), pp.669-673, ISSN: 0138-9130. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0402-1.

Mazza, MG, Greschek, M, Valiullin, R, Schoen, M (2011) Role of stringlike, supramolecular assemblies in reentrant supernematic liquid crystals, Physical Review E, 83(5), 051704, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.051704.

Strekalova, EG, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2011) Large Decrease of Fluctuations for Supercooled Water in Hydrophobic Nanoconfinement, Physical Review Letters, 106(14), 145701, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.145701.

Mazza, MG, Greschek, M, Valiullin, R, Kärger, J, Schoen, M (2010) Entropy-Driven Enhanced Self-Diffusion in Confined Reentrant Supernematics, Physical Review Letters, 105(22), 227802, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.227802.

Perakakis, P, Taylor, M, Mazza, M, Trachana, V (2010) Natural selection of academic papers, Scientometrics, 85(2), pp.553-559, ISSN: 0138-9130. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0253-1.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Xu, L (2010) Liquid polymorphism: water in nanoconfined and biological environments, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(28), pp.284101-284101, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/28/284101.

Franzese, G, Hernando-Martínez, A, Kumar, P, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Strekalova, EG, de los Santos, F, Stanley, HE (2010) Phase transitions and dynamics of bulk and interfacial water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(28), pp.284103-284103, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/28/284103.

Stokely, K, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2010) Effect of hydrogen bond cooperativity on the behavior of water, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(4), pp.1301-1306, ISSN: 0027-8424. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912756107.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Han, S, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Mallamace, F, Xu, L (2009) Heterogeneities in confined water and protein hydration water, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(50), pp.504105-504105, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/50/504105.

Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Strekalova, EG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2009) Cluster Monte Carlo and numerical mean field analysis for the water liquid–liquid phase transition, Computer Physics Communications, 180(4), pp.497-502, ISSN: 0010-4655. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.01.018.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Franzese, G, Han, S, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Xu, L, Yan, Z (2009) Liquid Polyamorphism and the Anomalous Behavior of Water, pp.249-266, ISSN: 1438-4329. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85859-1_20.

Franzese, G, Stokely, K, Chu, X-Q, Kumar, P, Mazza, MG, Chen, S-H, Eugene Stanley, H (2008) Pressure effects in supercooled water: comparison between a 2D model of water and experiments for surface water on a protein, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(49), pp.494210-494210, ISSN: 0953-8984. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494210.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Xu, L, Yan, Z, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F (2007) The puzzling unsolved mysteries of liquid water: Some recent progress, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 386(2), pp.729-743, ISSN: 0378-4371. DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.044.

Mazza, MG, Giovambattista, N, Stanley, HE, Starr, FW (2007) Connection of translational and rotational dynamical heterogeneities with the breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein and Stokes-Einstein-Debye relations in water, Physical Review E, 76(3), 031203, ISSN: 1539-3755. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.031203.

Kumar, P, Yan, Z, Xu, L, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Sastry, S, Stanley, HE (2006) Glass Transition in Biomolecules and the Liquid-Liquid Critical Point of Water, Physical Review Letters, 97(17), 177802, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.177802.

Mazza, MG, Giovambattista, N, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2006) Relation between Rotational and Translational Dynamic Heterogeneities in Water, Physical Review Letters, 96(5), 057803, ISSN: 0031-9007. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.057803.

Giovambattista, N, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2004) Dynamic Heterogeneities in Supercooled Water, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108(21), pp.6655-6662, ISSN: 1520-6106. DOI: 10.1021/jp037925w.

Castorina, P, Mazza, M, Zappalà, D (2003) Renormalization group analysis of the three-dimensional Gross–Neveu model at finite temperature and density, Physics Letters B, 567(1-2), pp.31-38, ISSN: 0370-2693. DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.06.005.

Mazza, M and Zappalà, D (2001) Proper time regulator and renormalization group flow, Physical Review D, 64(10), 105013, ISSN: 0556-2821. DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.64.105013.

Fragkopoulos, AA, Vachier, J, Frey, J, Menn, F-ML, Wilczek, M, Mazza, MG, Bäumchen, O (Accepted for publication) Light controls motility and phase separation of photosynthetic microbes.



Conferences

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Kumar, P, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Stokely, K, Xu, L, Franzese, G (2011) Water in nanoconfined and biological environments. In , Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, pp.629-640, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.07.029.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Franzese, G, Havlin, S, Mallamace, F, Mazza, MG, Kumar, P, Plerou, V, Preis, T, Stokely, K, Xu, L (2010) SWITCHING PHENOMENA. In , PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERDISCIPLINARY CHESS INTERACTIONS CONFERENCE, pp.1-+, ISBN: 978-981-4295-88-8. DOI: 10.1142/9789814295895_0001.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Franzese, G, Xu, L, Yan, Z, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F (2008) Liquid polyamorphism: Possible relation to the anomalous behaviour of water. In , The European Physical Journal Special Topics, pp.1-17, DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00746-3.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Franzese, G, Xu, L, Yan, Z, Mazza, MG, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F, Buldyrev, SV, Tokuyama, M, Oppenheim, I, Nishiyama, H (2008) Liquid Polyamorphism: Some Unsolved Puzzles of Water in Bulk, Nanoconfined, and Biological Environments. In COMPLEX SYSTEMS: 5th International Workshop on Complex Systems, AIP Conference Proceedings. DOI: 10.1063/1.2897798.

Stanley, HE, Kumar, P, Xu, L, Yan, Z, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Mallamace, F, Abe, S, Herrmann, H, Quarati, P, Rapisarda, A, Tsallis, C (2007) New results on water in bulk, nanoconfined, and biological environments. In COMPLEXITY, METASTABILITY, AND NONEXTENSIVITY: An International Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings. DOI: 10.1063/1.2828734.

Stanley, HE, Buldyrev, SV, Chen, S-H, Kumar, P, Mazza, MG, Poole, PH, Sciortino, F, Xu, L, Yan, Z (2006) COLL 199-Relation between the Widom line and the fragility transition in bulk water and in protein hydration water. In , ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.



Chapters

Sengupta, A and Mazza, MG (2020) Liquid Crystals at Interfaces and Under Flow: Recent Advances and Trends. In World Scientific Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, pp.183-226, DOI: 10.1142/9789811217968_0006.

Stokeley, K, Mazza, MG, Stanley, HE, Franzese, G (2010) Metastable water under pressure. In Rzoska, SJ, Drozd-Rzoska, A, Mazur, VA (ed) Metastable Systems under Pressure, Springer, pp.197-216, ISBN: 9789048134069. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3408-3-14.

Giovambattista, N, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2004) Heterogeneities in the Dynamics of Supercooled Water. In Unifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses: From the Statistical Mechanics of Granular Media to the Theory of Jamming, pp.145-161, ISBN: 9780444516077. DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451607-7/50013-3.

Giovambattista, N, Mazza, MG, Buldyrev, SV, Starr, FW, Stanley, HE (2004) Heterogeneities in the Dynamics of Supercooled Water. In Unifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses, Elsevier, pp.145-161, DOI: 10.1016/b978-044451607-7/50013-3.



Datasets

Till, S, Ebmeier, F, Fragkopoulos, AA, Mazza, M, Bäumchen, O (2023) Supplementary information files for Motility and self-organization of gliding Chlamydomonas populations, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.22658971.

Cammann, J, Schwarzendahl, FJ, Ostapenko, T, Lavrentovich, D, Bäumchen, O, Mazza, M (2021) Emergent probability fluxes in confined microbial navigation: Data and code, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.16553490.



Other

Mazza, M (2023) Swimming cells: a dance of geometry and motion, In recent years, biological motile cells like bacteria and microalgae have attracted enormous interest in the physics community because they establish the most significant example of nonequilibrium systems. Understanding their motion has immense biological and ecological implications. When the motion of a microscopic organism is observed closely, it appears erratic, and yet the combination of nonequilibrium forces and surfaces can produce striking examples of organization in microbial systems. Combining experiments, analytical and numerical calculations [1,2] we demonstrate that intricate patterns can be observed from the level of a single cell exploring an isolated habitat to an entire colony.In the first part of this talk, we will discuss the influence of boundaries on the motion of a single Chlamydomonas cell. We theoretically predict a universal relation between probability fluxes and global geometric properties that is directly confirmed by experiments [2]. Our results represent a general description of the structure of such nonequilibrium fluxes down at the single cell level. This might open the possibility of designing devices that are able to guide the motion of such microbial cells.In the second part of this talk, we investigate the motility and collective organization of colonies of filamentous cyanobacteria [3]. As their density increases, filaments gliding on a substrate show a transition from an isotropic distribution to bundles arranged in a reticulate pattern. Based on our experimental observations, we introduce a model accounting for the filaments’ large aspect ratio, fluctuations in curvature, motility, and nematic interactions. This minimal model of active filaments recapitulates the observations, and rationalizes the appearance of a characteristic lengthscale in the system, based on the Péclet number of the cyanobacteria filaments.. DOI: 10.52843/cassyni.9gjpfq.



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