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Anisotropy can make a moving active fluid membrane rough or crumpled

Statistical Mechanics 2025-12-01 v2

Abstract

We present a hydrodynamic theory of anisotropic and inversion-asymmetric moving active permeable fluid membranes. These are described by an anisotropic Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. Depending upon the anisotropy parameters, the membrane is either effectively isotropic and algebraically rough with translational short, but orientational long range order, or unstable, suggestive of membrane crumpling.

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@article{arxiv.2503.06245,
  title  = {Anisotropy can make a moving active fluid membrane rough or crumpled},
  author = {Debayan Jana and Astik Haldar and Abhik Basu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.06245},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7+8 pages, 3+5 figures

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