SKM 2021 – scientific programme

Parts | Days | Selection | Search | Updates | Downloads | Help

BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 5: Active Matter (joint session DY/BP/CPP)

BP 5.1: Talk

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 11:45–12:00, H2

Orientation-dependent propulsion of active Brownian spheres: from advection to polygonal clusters* — •Jens Bickmann¹, Stephan Bröker¹, Michael E. Cates², and Raphael Wittkowski¹ — ¹Institut für Theoretische Physik, Center for Soft Nanoscience, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany — ²DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom

Controllability of the collective dynamics of active Brownian particles is much desired for numerous potential future applications. In addition to the regular way of achieving control via external interventions, e.g., by traps, internal interventions in the dynamics of active Brownian particles become increasingly popular. Most often, internal intervention is achieved by a propulsion of the particles that depends on space, time, or orientation. Using field-theoretical modeling and particle-based simulations, we investigate systems of interacting active Brownian spheres in two spatial dimensions with an orientation-dependent propulsion. We show that different forms of orientation-dependent propulsion can give rise to advection, anomalous diffusion, and even the emergence of polygon-shaped clusters. *Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – WI 4170/3-1