Tailoring interactions between active nematic defects with reinforcement learning

Floyd, Carlos [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000262707250); Dinner, Aaron R. [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000183286427); Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA]

doi:10.1039/d5sm00063g

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Tailoring interactions between active nematic defects with reinforcement learning

Floyd, Carlos [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000262707250)·Dinner, Aaron R. [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000183286427)·Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA]

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Abstract

Active nematics are a paradigmatic active matter system which generate micron-scale patterns and flows. Here we show that their control can be enabled by model-free techniques such as reinforcement learning.

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Floyd, Carlos [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000262707250), Dinner, Aaron R. [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA] (ORCID:0000000183286427), Vaikuntanathan, Suriyanarayanan [Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA]. 2025-01-01. Tailoring interactions between active nematic defects with reinforcement learning. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sm00063g

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