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First Order Alignment Transition in an Interfaced Active Nematic
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We investigate experimentally the dynamic phase transition of a two-dimensional active nematic layer interfaced with a passive liquid crystal. Under a temperature ramp that leads to the transition of the passive liquid into a highly anisotropic lamellar smectic-A phase, and in the presence of a magnetic field, the coupled active nematic reorganizes its flow and orientational patterns from the turbulent into a quasilaminar regime aligned perpendicularly to the field. Remarkably, while the phase transition of the passive fluid is known to be continuous, or second order, our observations reveal intermittent dynamics of the order parameter and the coexistence of aligned and turbulent regions in the active nematic, a signature of discontinuous, or first order, phase transitions, similar to what is known to occur in relation to flocking in dry active matter. Our results suggest that alignment transitions in active systems are intrinsically discontinuous, regardless of the symmetry and momentum-damping mechanisms.
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BANTYSH, Olga, MARTINEZ-PRAT, Berta, NAMBISAN, Jyothishraj, FERNANDEZ DE LAS NIEVES, Alberto, SAGUÉS I MESTRE, Francesc, IGNÉS I MULLOL, Jordi. First Order Alignment Transition in an Interfaced Active Nematic. _Physical Review Letters_. 2024. Vol. 132. [consulta: 2 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0031-9007. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/222417]