Light-Induced Phase Separation with Finite Wavelength Selection in Photophobic Microalgae.

As with many motile microalgae, the freshwater species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can detect light sources and adapt its motile behavior in response. Here, we show that suspensions of photophobic cells can be unstable to density fluctuations, as a con…

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