OMC Poster Session

[OMCp-10] Controlling bacterial collective motion by liquid crystal droplets rotating in a polarized light beam

Kaito Matsuura¹, Keita Saito¹, Yasuyuki Kimura¹, *Yusuke Maeda¹ (1. Kyushu University, Department of Physics)

Swimming micro-organisms such as bacteria are known to exhibit turbulent collective motion with increasing density. In this study, we constructed a forced flow field in which liquid crystal droplets are rotated by a circularly polarized light beam to control bacterial turbulence.