Flocking through a sea of rods
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| author | Sharma, Abhishek Soni, Harsh |
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| contents | We investigate the collective behavior of motile rods immersed in a monolayer of apolar rods confined between vertically vibrating plates using numerical simulations. We uncover an antidiffusive instability whereby motile rods segregate from the apolar medium and form flocks whose size increases with the medium concentration. Remarkably, enhanced segregation leads to a reduction of the global polar order. The flock structure is strongly influenced by the anisotropy of the medium rods. For small aspect ratios, the flocks are elongated perpendicular to the mean direction of motion, whereas for larger aspect ratios, they elongate along the direction of motility. We rationalize the emergence of segregation-induced disorder using a minimal mean-field model. |
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| spellingShingle | Flocking through a sea of rods Sharma, Abhishek Soni, Harsh Soft Condensed Matter We investigate the collective behavior of motile rods immersed in a monolayer of apolar rods confined between vertically vibrating plates using numerical simulations. We uncover an antidiffusive instability whereby motile rods segregate from the apolar medium and form flocks whose size increases with the medium concentration. Remarkably, enhanced segregation leads to a reduction of the global polar order. The flock structure is strongly influenced by the anisotropy of the medium rods. For small aspect ratios, the flocks are elongated perpendicular to the mean direction of motion, whereas for larger aspect ratios, they elongate along the direction of motility. We rationalize the emergence of segregation-induced disorder using a minimal mean-field model. |
| title | Flocking through a sea of rods |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10516 |