Sedimentation and structure of squirmer suspensions under gravity
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| author | G., C. Miguel Barriuso Serna, Horacio Pagonabarraga, Ignacio Valeriani, Chantal |
| author_facet | G., C. Miguel Barriuso Serna, Horacio Pagonabarraga, Ignacio Valeriani, Chantal |
| contents | The effect of gravity on the collective motion of living microswimmers, such as bacteria and micro-algae, is pivotal to unravel not only bio-convection patterns but also the settling of bacterial biofilms on solid surfaces. In this work, we investigate suspensions of microswimmers under the influence of a gravitational field and hydrodynamics, simulated via dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) coarse-grained model. We first study the collective sedimentation of passive colloids and microswimmers of the puller and pusher types upon increasing the imposed gravitational field and compare with previous results. Once sedimentation occurs, we observe that, as the gravitational field increases, the bottom layer undergoes a transition to an ordered state compatible with a hexagonal crystal. In comparison with passive colloids, both pullers and pushers easily rearrange at the bottom layer to anneal defects. Specifically, pullers are better than pushers in preserving the hexagonal order of the bottom mono-layer at high gravitational fields. |
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| spellingShingle | Sedimentation and structure of squirmer suspensions under gravity G., C. Miguel Barriuso Serna, Horacio Pagonabarraga, Ignacio Valeriani, Chantal Soft Condensed Matter The effect of gravity on the collective motion of living microswimmers, such as bacteria and micro-algae, is pivotal to unravel not only bio-convection patterns but also the settling of bacterial biofilms on solid surfaces. In this work, we investigate suspensions of microswimmers under the influence of a gravitational field and hydrodynamics, simulated via dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) coarse-grained model. We first study the collective sedimentation of passive colloids and microswimmers of the puller and pusher types upon increasing the imposed gravitational field and compare with previous results. Once sedimentation occurs, we observe that, as the gravitational field increases, the bottom layer undergoes a transition to an ordered state compatible with a hexagonal crystal. In comparison with passive colloids, both pullers and pushers easily rearrange at the bottom layer to anneal defects. Specifically, pullers are better than pushers in preserving the hexagonal order of the bottom mono-layer at high gravitational fields. |
| title | Sedimentation and structure of squirmer suspensions under gravity |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13359 |