In coarse-graining of two-dimensional active liquid crystals, orientational order is significant at small scales except near topological defects (topmost image), while becoming smoother and diminished at larger scales.
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Quasi-Long-Ranged Order in Two-Dimensional Active Liquid CrystalsLivio Nicola Carenza, Josep-Maria Armengol-Collado, Dimitrios Krommydas, and Luca Giomi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 128304 (2025)
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