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Main Authors: Huseby, Elias, Gissinger, Josephine, Candelier, Fabien, Pujara, Nimish, Verhille, Gautier, Mehlig, Bernhard, Voth, Greg
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18157
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author Huseby, Elias
Gissinger, Josephine
Candelier, Fabien
Pujara, Nimish
Verhille, Gautier
Mehlig, Bernhard
Voth, Greg
author_facet Huseby, Elias
Gissinger, Josephine
Candelier, Fabien
Pujara, Nimish
Verhille, Gautier
Mehlig, Bernhard
Voth, Greg
contents We investigate the sedimentation of chiral particles in viscous fluid flow. We identify helical ribbons as simple particles with strong translation-rotation coupling whose symmetry ensures that the centers of mass, buoyancy, resistance, and mobility coincide. Experimental measurements of both relevant mobility tensors show excellent agreement with simulations of ribbons made of interacting spheres. We observe quasi-periodic angular dynamics causing complex spatial trajectories. In tilt-spin phase space, orbits are closed due to time-reversal and reflection symmetry. Changing the helical ribbon length reveals a bifurcation at which the stable sedimentation orientations switch.
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spellingShingle Helical Ribbons: Simple Chiral Sedimentation
Huseby, Elias
Gissinger, Josephine
Candelier, Fabien
Pujara, Nimish
Verhille, Gautier
Mehlig, Bernhard
Voth, Greg
Soft Condensed Matter
We investigate the sedimentation of chiral particles in viscous fluid flow. We identify helical ribbons as simple particles with strong translation-rotation coupling whose symmetry ensures that the centers of mass, buoyancy, resistance, and mobility coincide. Experimental measurements of both relevant mobility tensors show excellent agreement with simulations of ribbons made of interacting spheres. We observe quasi-periodic angular dynamics causing complex spatial trajectories. In tilt-spin phase space, orbits are closed due to time-reversal and reflection symmetry. Changing the helical ribbon length reveals a bifurcation at which the stable sedimentation orientations switch.
title Helical Ribbons: Simple Chiral Sedimentation
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18157