Figure 6.

Density fluctuations in a confluent cell monolayer tailored by intercellular social interactions. (A) Number fluctuations ΔN versus average number $\langle N_{\text{L}}\rangle$ of cells in a subregion of size L under different intensities of LA and CIL. (B) A phase diagram of the scaling exponent β of number fluctuations is shown. (C) The local cell density field for hyperuniform distribution of cells (left and middle) and phase separation pattern (right). The color denotes the local cell density field ${\overline{\rho }}_{\text{cell}}^{\left(J\right)}$. From left to right, parameter values are taken as (μ_a, μ_c) = (0.2, 0.1), (0.01, 2.0), and (0.12, 1.4). To see this figure in color, go online.