Run-and-tumble particles in speckle fields
Statistical Mechanics
2014-08-22 v3 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
The random energy landscapes developed by speckle fields can be used to confine and manipulate a large number of micro-particles with a single laser beam. By means of molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the static and dynamic properties of an active suspension of swimming bacteria embedded into speckle patterns. Looking at the correlation of the density fluctuations and the equilibrium density profiles, we observe a crossover phenomenon when the forces exerted by the speckles are equal to the bacteria's propulsion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1401.6944,
title = {Run-and-tumble particles in speckle fields},
author = {M. Paoluzzi and R. Di Leonardo and L. Angelani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.6944},
year = {2014}
}