This review summarizes theoretical progress in the field of active matter, placing it in the
context of recent experiments. This approach offers a unified framework for the mechanical …

Actin is the main protein used by biological cells to adapt their structure and mechanics to
their needs. Cellular adaptation is made possible by molecular processes that strongly …

We describe an active polymer network in which processive molecular motors control
network elasticity. This system consists of actin filaments cross-linked by filamin A (FLNa) …

Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal
mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular …

Morphogenesis in animal tissues is largely driven by actomyosin networks, through tensions
generated by an active contractile process. Although the network components and their …

Computational modeling of eukaryotic cells moving on substrates is an extraordinarily
complex task: many physical processes, such as actin polymerization, action of motors …

We show that dry active nematics, eg, collections of shaken elongated granular particles,
exhibit large-scale spatiotemporal chaos made of interacting dense, ordered, bandlike …

Self-propelled motion, emerging spontaneously or in response to external cues, is a
hallmark of living organisms. Systems of self-propelled synthetic particles are also relevant …

This book is a systematic introduction to a new and exciting field of patterns in granular
matter. Granular materials are collections of discrete macroscopic solid grains with a typical …

Living systems provide a paradigmatic example of active soft matter. Cells and tissues
comprise viscoelastic materials that exert forces and can actively change shape. This …