Scaling the glassy dynamics of active particles: Tunable fragility and reentrance
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| author | Pareek, Puneet Sollich, Peter Nandi, Saroj Kumar Berthier, Ludovic |
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| contents | Understanding the influence of activity on dense amorphous assemblies is crucial for biological processes such as wound healing, embryogenesis, or cancer progression. Here, we study the effect of self-propulsion forces of amplitude $f_0$ and persistence time $τ_p$ in dense assemblies of soft repulsive particles by simulating a model particle system that interpolates between particulate active matter and biological tissues. We identify the fluid and glass phases of the three-dimensional phase diagram obtained by varying $f_0$, $τ_p$, and the packing fraction $ϕ$. The morphology of the phase diagram directly accounts for a non-monotonic evolution of the relaxation time with $τ_p$, which is a direct consequence of the crossover in the dominant relaxation mechanism, from glassy to jamming. A second major consequence is the evolution of the glassy dynamics from sub-Arrhenius to super-Arrhenius. We show that this tunable glass fragility extends to active systems analogous observations reported for passive particles. This analogy allows us to apply a dynamic scaling analysis proposed for the passive case, in order to account for our results for active systems. Finally, we discuss similarities and differences between our results and recent findings in the context of computational models of biological tissues. |
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| spellingShingle | Scaling the glassy dynamics of active particles: Tunable fragility and reentrance Pareek, Puneet Sollich, Peter Nandi, Saroj Kumar Berthier, Ludovic Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics Understanding the influence of activity on dense amorphous assemblies is crucial for biological processes such as wound healing, embryogenesis, or cancer progression. Here, we study the effect of self-propulsion forces of amplitude $f_0$ and persistence time $τ_p$ in dense assemblies of soft repulsive particles by simulating a model particle system that interpolates between particulate active matter and biological tissues. We identify the fluid and glass phases of the three-dimensional phase diagram obtained by varying $f_0$, $τ_p$, and the packing fraction $ϕ$. The morphology of the phase diagram directly accounts for a non-monotonic evolution of the relaxation time with $τ_p$, which is a direct consequence of the crossover in the dominant relaxation mechanism, from glassy to jamming. A second major consequence is the evolution of the glassy dynamics from sub-Arrhenius to super-Arrhenius. We show that this tunable glass fragility extends to active systems analogous observations reported for passive particles. This analogy allows us to apply a dynamic scaling analysis proposed for the passive case, in order to account for our results for active systems. Finally, we discuss similarities and differences between our results and recent findings in the context of computational models of biological tissues. |
| title | Scaling the glassy dynamics of active particles: Tunable fragility and reentrance |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09589 |