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Self-propulsion, flocking and chiral active phases from particles spinning at intermediate Reynolds numbers

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Nature Physics, Published online: 08 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02651-5

A particle rotating in a fluid generates vorticity around itself. Now the dynamics of a collective of such spinners suspended in a liquid is shown to display flocking and three-dimensional active chirality.