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Active Wave Turbulence in Hexatic Phase
Author(s): Qianhong Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Maoqiang Jiang, Guangpu Zhu, Zhaohui Liu, Sébastien Galtier, and Lailai Zhu
When in dense suspensions, active phoretic disks with physicochemical hydrodynamic interactions remain caged and perform local vibrations, mirroring the weak turbulence of bending waves in vibrating elastic plates. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 128301] Published Tue Sep 15, 2026