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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik

CPP 6: Active Matter 1 (joint session BP/CPP/DY)

CPP 6.1: Invited Talk

Monday, September 5, 2022, 10:30–11:00, H16

Computer simulations of self-motile active droplets and colloid-active gels composites — •Davide Davide Marenduzzo — School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

In this talk we will show results from computer simulations probing the behaviour of composite materials based on active gels.

In the first part of the talk we will investigate the behavior of active nematic or cholesteric droplets inside an isotropic fluid. In different regions of parameter space, we find regular motility and chaotic behaviour, and discuss the relevance of these results to biophysical systems such as microbial motility.

In the second part of the talk, we will study the dynamics of a dispersion of passive colloidal particles in an active nematic host. We find that activity induces a dynamic clustering of colloids even in the absence of any preferential anchoring of the active nematic director at the particle surface. When such an anchoring is present, active stresses instead compete with elastic forces and re-disperse the aggregates observed in passive colloid-liquid crystal composites.