Table 1.

Glossary of model parameters.

parameter	description
a	shape parameter of the rod
c	characteristic nanorod density
N1	strength of spatial inhomogeneity
α	strength of polarity potential
N	strength of nematic potential
De	Deborah number (normalized rotational relaxation rate)
	normalized translational diffusion coefficient
U0	self-propelled or swimming speed of the nanorod
G	normalized anisotropic stress coefficient
Re	solvent Reynolds number
Re2,Re3	Reynolds numbers associated with rod–solvent stresses
α0	strength of polar-nematic stress