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| author | Dasgupta, Moumita Guha, Sougata Armbruster, Leon Das, Dibyendu Mitra, Mithun K. |
| author_facet | Dasgupta, Moumita Guha, Sougata Armbruster, Leon Das, Dibyendu Mitra, Mithun K. |
| contents | Intuition suggests that passage times across a region increases with the number of barriers along the path. Can this fail depending on the nature of the barrier? To probe this fundamental question, we exactly solve for the first passage time in general d-dimensions for diffusive transport through a spatially patterned array of obstacles - either entropic or energetic, depending on the nature of the obstacles. For energetic barriers, we show that first passage times vary non-monotonically with the number of barriers, while for entropic barriers it increases monotonically. This non-monotonicity for energetic barriers further reflects in the behaviour of effective diffusivity as well. We then design a simple experiment where a robotic bug navigates a heterogeneous environment through a spatially patterned array of obstacles to validate our predictions. Finally, using numerical simulations, we show that this non-monotonic behaviour for energetic barriers is general and extends to even super-diffusive transport. |
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| spellingShingle | Nature of barriers determine first passage times in heterogeneous media Dasgupta, Moumita Guha, Sougata Armbruster, Leon Das, Dibyendu Mitra, Mithun K. Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics Intuition suggests that passage times across a region increases with the number of barriers along the path. Can this fail depending on the nature of the barrier? To probe this fundamental question, we exactly solve for the first passage time in general d-dimensions for diffusive transport through a spatially patterned array of obstacles - either entropic or energetic, depending on the nature of the obstacles. For energetic barriers, we show that first passage times vary non-monotonically with the number of barriers, while for entropic barriers it increases monotonically. This non-monotonicity for energetic barriers further reflects in the behaviour of effective diffusivity as well. We then design a simple experiment where a robotic bug navigates a heterogeneous environment through a spatially patterned array of obstacles to validate our predictions. Finally, using numerical simulations, we show that this non-monotonic behaviour for energetic barriers is general and extends to even super-diffusive transport. |
| title | Nature of barriers determine first passage times in heterogeneous media |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.13814 |