Arrested coarsening in active colloidal suspensions driven by nonreciprocal electrohydrodynamic interactions
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| author | Hara, Shoma Okada, Masazumi Kittaka, Keisuke Tanami, Sho Iwasaki, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Yoshii, Kiwamu Sumino, Yutaka |
| author_facet | Hara, Shoma Okada, Masazumi Kittaka, Keisuke Tanami, Sho Iwasaki, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Yoshii, Kiwamu Sumino, Yutaka |
| contents | Nonreciprocal interactions have recently attracted growing interest in nonequilibrium physics. In particular, breaking action-reaction symmetry has been proposed as a mechanism for collective motion, yet controlled experimental realizations remain scarce. Here we show that bidisperse colloidal suspensions driven by AC electric fields exhibit persistent active clusters sustained by nonreciprocal electrohydrodynamic interactions. Size-asymmetric particle pairs spontaneously self-propel due to imbalanced electrohydrodynamic attraction, producing clusters that continuously fragment and reorganize rather than coarsening into static aggregates as in monodisperse systems. Agent-based simulations reproduce the observed dynamics and identify nonreciprocal pair propulsion as the minimal ingredient for the persistent cluster dynamics. These results demonstrate that action-reaction symmetry breaking in electrohydrodynamic interactions can arrest coarsening and sustain dynamically reconfigurable collective states in dense colloidal suspensions. |
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| spellingShingle | Arrested coarsening in active colloidal suspensions driven by nonreciprocal electrohydrodynamic interactions Hara, Shoma Okada, Masazumi Kittaka, Keisuke Tanami, Sho Iwasaki, Yuichi Ishikawa, Hiroaki Yoshii, Kiwamu Sumino, Yutaka Soft Condensed Matter Pattern Formation and Solitons Nonreciprocal interactions have recently attracted growing interest in nonequilibrium physics. In particular, breaking action-reaction symmetry has been proposed as a mechanism for collective motion, yet controlled experimental realizations remain scarce. Here we show that bidisperse colloidal suspensions driven by AC electric fields exhibit persistent active clusters sustained by nonreciprocal electrohydrodynamic interactions. Size-asymmetric particle pairs spontaneously self-propel due to imbalanced electrohydrodynamic attraction, producing clusters that continuously fragment and reorganize rather than coarsening into static aggregates as in monodisperse systems. Agent-based simulations reproduce the observed dynamics and identify nonreciprocal pair propulsion as the minimal ingredient for the persistent cluster dynamics. These results demonstrate that action-reaction symmetry breaking in electrohydrodynamic interactions can arrest coarsening and sustain dynamically reconfigurable collective states in dense colloidal suspensions. |
| title | Arrested coarsening in active colloidal suspensions driven by nonreciprocal electrohydrodynamic interactions |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Pattern Formation and Solitons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23164 |