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Preprints

  1. Zihui Zhao, He Li, Yisong Yao, Yongfeng Zhao, Francesca Serra, Kyogo Kawaguchi, Hepeng Zhang, Hugues Chaté, Masaki Sano#, "Integer topological defects provide a new way to quantify and classify cell sheets", biorXiv:2024.08.28.610106 (2024).
    2. Preprint
  2. Zihui Zhao*, Yisong Yao*, He Li, Yongfeng Zhao, Yujia Wang, Hepeng Zhang, Hugues Chaté, Masaki Sano, " Integer Topological Defects Reveal Effective Forces in Active Nematics", arXiv:2408.15431 (2024).
    3. Preprint
  3. Yongfeng Zhao#, Ruben Zakine, Adrian Daerr, Yariv Kafri, Julien Tailleur, Frédéric van Wijland, "Active Young-Dupré Equation: How Self-organized Currents Stabilize Partial Wetting", arXiv:2405.20651 (2024).
    4. Preprint
  4. Yongfeng Zhao, "Active particles in a tube: a generalized entropy potential approach", arXiv:2111.06156 (2021).
    5. Preprint

Published articles

  1. Christina Kurzthaler*,#, Yongfeng Zhao*,#, Nan Zhou, Jana Schwarz-Linek, Clemence Devailly, Jochen Arlt, Jian-Dong Huang, Wilson C. K. Poon, Thomas Franosch, Julien Tailleur#, Vincent A. Martinez#, "Characterization and Control of the Run-and-Tumble Dynamics of Escherichia Coli ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 038302 (2024).
    2. Preprint, Phys. Rev. Lett.
  2. Yongfeng Zhao*,#, Christina Kurzthaler*,#, Nan Zhou, Jana Schwarz-Linek, Clemence Devailly, Jochen Arlt, Jian-Dong Huang, Wilson C. K. Poon, Thomas Franosch, Vincent A. Martinez, Julien Tailleur#, "Quantitative characterization of run-and-tumble statistics in bulk bacterial suspensions", Phys. Rev. E 109, 014612 (2024).
    3. Preprint, Phys. Rev. E
  3. Alberto Dinelli, Jérémy O'Byrne, Agnese Curatolo, Yongfeng Zhao, Peter Sollich, Julien Tailleur, "Non-reciprocity across scales in active mixtures", Nature Communications 14, 7035 (2023).
    4. Preprint, Nat. Comm.
  4. Zeng Tao Liu, Yan Shi, Yongfeng Zhao, Hugues Chaté#, Xia-qing Shi#, Tian Hui Zhang#, "Subcritical active matter: Activity waves and freestanding vortices", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 118 (40) e2104724118 (2021).
    5. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
  5. Siyuan Yang, Mingji Huang, Yongfeng Zhao, Hepeng Zhang#, "Controlling cell motion and microscale flow with polarized light fields", Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 058001 (2021).
    6. Preprint, Phys. Rev. Lett.
  6. Ruben Zakine*, Yongfeng Zhao*, Miloš Knežević, Adrian Daerr, Yariv Kafri, Julien Tailleur, Frédéric van Wijland, "Surface Tensions between Active Fluids and Solid Interfaces: bare vs dressed", Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 248003 (2020).
    7. Preprint, Phys. Rev. Lett., Poster
  7. Agnese I. Curatolo*, Nan Zhou*, Yongfeng Zhao*, Chenli Liu, Adrian Daerr, Julien Tailleur#, Jian-Dong Huang#, "Cooperative pattern formation in multi-component bacterial systems through reciprocal motility regulation", Nat. Phys. 16, 1152–1157 (2020).
    8. Preprint, Nat. Phys.
  8. Eric Woillez, Yongfeng Zhao, Yariv Kafri, Vivien Lecomte, Julien Tailleur, “Activated escape of a self-propelled particle from a metastable state”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 258001 (2019).
    9. Preprint, Phys. Rev. Lett.
  9. Thibault Bertrand#, Yongfeng Zhao, Olivier Bénichou, Julien Tailleur, Raphaël Voituriez#, “Optimized Diffusion of Run-and-Tumble Particles in Crowded Environments”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 198103 (2018).
    10. Preprint, Phys. Rev. Lett.

Book Chapters

  1. Jérémy O'Byrne, Alexandre Solon, Julien Tailleur#, Yongfeng Zhao, "An Introduction to Motility-Induced Phase Separation", Chapter in the book "Out-of-Equilibrium Soft Matter: Active Fluids". Editors: C. Kurzthaler, L. Gentile, H. A. Stone. Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
    2. Preprint

PhD Thesis

Run-and-tumble Motion and Differential Dynamic Microscopy

hub.hku.hk link, the newest version with corrections, slides