Emergence of Living Chiral Superlattice from Biased-Active Particles
Abstract
We introduce for the first time a general model of biased-active particles, where the direction of the active force has a biased angle from the principle orientation of the anisotropic interaction between particles. We find that a highly ordered living superlattice consisting of small clusters with dynamic chirality emerges in a mixture of such biased-active particles and passive particles. We show that the biased-propulsion-induced instability of active-active particle pairs and rotating of active-passive particle pairs are the very reason for the superlattice formation. In addition, a biased-angle-dependent optimal active force is most favorable for both the long-range order and global dynamical chirality of the system. Our results demonstrate the proposed biased-active particle providing a great opportunity to explore a variety of new fascinating collective behaviors beyond conventional active particles.
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@article{arxiv.1806.02042,
title = {Emergence of Living Chiral Superlattice from Biased-Active Particles},
author = {Yongliang Gou and Huijun Jiang and Zhoughuai Hou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.02042},
year = {2018}
}