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An amalgamate of nematic liquid crystals and active matter, referred to asliving liquid crystals, is a promising self-healing material with futuristicapplications for targeted delivery of information and micro-cargo. We provide aphenomenological model to study the symbiotic pattern dynamics in thiscontemporary system using the Toner-Tu model for active matter (AM), theLandau-de Gennes free energy for liquid crystals (LCs), and an experimentallymotivated coupling term that favours co-alignment of the active and nematiccomponents. Our extensive theoretical studies unfold two novel steady states,chimeras and solitons, with sharp regions of distinct orientational order thatsweep through the coupled system in synchrony. The induced dynamics in thepassive nematic is unprecedented. We show that the symbiotic dynamics of the AMand LC components can be exploited to induce and manipulate order in anotherwise disordered system.

Symbiotic Dynamics in Living Liquid Crystals