Escaping kinetic traps using non-reciprocal interactions

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Main Authors: Osat, Saeed, Metson, Jakob, Kardar, Mehran, Golestanian, Ramin
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Published: 2023
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author Osat, Saeed
Metson, Jakob
Kardar, Mehran
Golestanian, Ramin
author_facet Osat, Saeed
Metson, Jakob
Kardar, Mehran
Golestanian, Ramin
contents Kinetic traps are a notorious problem in equilibrium statistical mechanics, where temperature quenches ultimately fail to bring the system to low energy configurations. Using multifarious self-assembly as a model system, we introduce a mechanism to escape kinetic traps by utilizing non-reciprocal interactions between components. Introducing non-equilibrium effects offered by broken action-reaction symmetry in the system, we can push the trajectory of the system out of arrested dynamics. The dynamics of the model is studied using tools from the physics of interfaces and defects. Our proposal can find applications in self-assembly, glassy systems and systems with arrested dynamics.
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spellingShingle Escaping kinetic traps using non-reciprocal interactions
Osat, Saeed
Metson, Jakob
Kardar, Mehran
Golestanian, Ramin
Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
Kinetic traps are a notorious problem in equilibrium statistical mechanics, where temperature quenches ultimately fail to bring the system to low energy configurations. Using multifarious self-assembly as a model system, we introduce a mechanism to escape kinetic traps by utilizing non-reciprocal interactions between components. Introducing non-equilibrium effects offered by broken action-reaction symmetry in the system, we can push the trajectory of the system out of arrested dynamics. The dynamics of the model is studied using tools from the physics of interfaces and defects. Our proposal can find applications in self-assembly, glassy systems and systems with arrested dynamics.
title Escaping kinetic traps using non-reciprocal interactions
topic Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.00562