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Scientists Propose New Principle by Which Active Matter Systems can Spontaneously Order – AZoM
A group of engineers and physicists have suggested a novel principle through which active matter systems can order spontaneously.

Written by AZoMJan 4 2021
A persistent challenge across the science and engineering fields is estimating how and when groups of robots, animals, or particles become orderly.
The flower-like set of points represents all possible shapes that the smarticle swarm can take on. In line with rattling theory, the most common shapes are also the most orderly with the lowest rattling (shown in blue). Image Credit: Thomas A. Berrueta.
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