Synchronized Rotations of Active Particles on Chemical Substrates
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| author | Eswaran, Pathma Mishra, Shradha |
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| contents | Many microorganisms use chemical `signaling' - a quintessential self-organizing strategy in non-equilibrium - that can induce spontaneous aggregation and coordination in behavior. Using synthetic signaling as a design principle, we construct a minimal model of active Brownian particles (ABPs) having soft repulsive interactions on a chemically quenched patterned substrate. The interplay between chemo-phoretic interactions and activity is numerically investigated for a proposed variant of the Keller-Segel model for chemotaxis. Such competition not only results in a chemo-motility-induced phase-separated state but also a new cohesive clustering phase with synchronized rotations. Our results suggest that rotational order can emerge in systems by virtue of activity and repulsive interactions alone without an explicit alignment interaction. These rotations can also be exploited by designing mechanical devices that can generate reorienting torques using active particles. |
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| spellingShingle | Synchronized Rotations of Active Particles on Chemical Substrates Eswaran, Pathma Mishra, Shradha Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics Many microorganisms use chemical `signaling' - a quintessential self-organizing strategy in non-equilibrium - that can induce spontaneous aggregation and coordination in behavior. Using synthetic signaling as a design principle, we construct a minimal model of active Brownian particles (ABPs) having soft repulsive interactions on a chemically quenched patterned substrate. The interplay between chemo-phoretic interactions and activity is numerically investigated for a proposed variant of the Keller-Segel model for chemotaxis. Such competition not only results in a chemo-motility-induced phase-separated state but also a new cohesive clustering phase with synchronized rotations. Our results suggest that rotational order can emerge in systems by virtue of activity and repulsive interactions alone without an explicit alignment interaction. These rotations can also be exploited by designing mechanical devices that can generate reorienting torques using active particles. |
| title | Synchronized Rotations of Active Particles on Chemical Substrates |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.14489 |