Dry active nematics under circular illumination self-assemble into a dense nematically ordered ring at the boundary that protects a disordered core with self-selected density independent of global density.
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Dry active nematics under circular illumination self-assemble into a dense nematically ordered ring at the boundary that protects a disordered core with self-selected density independent of global density.