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We numerically investigate the diffusive behavior of active Brownian particles in a two-dimensional confined channel filled with soft obstacles, whose softness is controlled by a parameter $K$. Here, active particles are subjected to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-22 Ankit Gupta , P. S. Burada

For particles confined to two dimensions, any curvature of the surface affects the structural, kinetic and thermodynamic properties of the system. If the curvature is non-uniform, an even richer range of behaviours can emerge. Using a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-08-10 Jack O. Law , Jacob M. Dean , Mark A. Miller , Halim Kusumaatmaja

A nonrelativistic quantum mechanical particle moving freely on a curved surface feels the effect of the nontrivial geometry of the surface through the kinetic part of the Hamiltonian, which is proportional to the Laplace-Beltrami operator,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-09 Neslihan Oflaz , Ali Mostafazadeh , Mehrdad Ahmady

We present a numerical study of classical particles diffusing on a solid surface. The particles' motion is modeled by an underdamped Langevin equation with ordinary thermal noise. The particle-surface interaction is described by a periodic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Sancho , A. M. Lacasta , K. Lindenberg , I. M. Sokolov , A. H. Romero

The transport phenomenon of active particles confined in 3D(three dimensional) corrugated confined channel with Gaussian noises is investigated. Large noise intensity perpendicular to the symmetry axis is good for the diffusion and current…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-09-01 Bing Wang

Small particles are transported over long distances in the atmosphere, with significant environmental impact. The transport of symmetric particles is well understood, but atmospheric particles, such as curved microplastic fibres or ash…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-01 F. Candelier , K. Gustavsson , P. Sharma , L. Sundberg , A. Pumir , G. Bagheri , B. Mehlig

We present a theory for the interaction between active particles and a passive flexible membrane. By explicitly solving for the pressure exerted by the active particles, we show that they reduce the membrane tension and bending modulus and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-22 David A. King , Thomas P. Russell , Ahmad K. Omar

The kinetics of the deposition of colloidal particles onto a solid surface is analytically studied. We take into account both the diffusion of particles from the bulk as well as the geometrical aspects of the layer of adsorbed particles. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Wojtaszczyk , J. B. Avalos , J. M. Rubi

Particles moving along curved trajectories will diffuse if the curvature fluctuates sufficiently in either magnitude or orientation. We consider particles moving at a constant speed with either a fixed or with a Gaussian distributed…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Andrew D. Rutenberg , Andrew J. Richardson , Claire J. Montgomery

We study the hydrodynamic coupling between particles and solid, rough boundaries characterized by random surface textures. Using the Lorentz reciprocal theorem, we derive analytical expressions for the grand mobility tensor of a spherical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-08-27 Christina Kurzthaler , Lailai Zhu , Amir A. Pahlavan , Howard A. Stone

Colloidal gels are prime examples of functional materials exhibiting disordered, amorphous, yet meta-stable forms. They maintain stability through short-range attractive forces and their material properties are tunable by external forces.…

We present analytical results for the biased diffusion of particles moving under a constant force in a randomly layered medium. The influence of this medium on the particle dynamics is modeled by a piecewise constant random force. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-02-10 S. I. Denisov , H. Kantz

We consider a numerical approach for a covariant generalised Navier-Stokes equation on general surfaces and study the influence of varying Gaussian curvature on anomalous vortex-network active turbulence. This regime is characterised by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-03 M. Rank , A. Voigt

We analyze the dynamics of particles in two dimensions with constant speed and a stochastic switching angle dynamics defined by a correlated dichotomous Markov process (telegraph noise) plus Gaussian white noise. We study various cases of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-05-16 Christian Weber , Igor M. Sokolov , Lutz Schimansky-Geier

We present dynamic equations for two dimensional closed surfaces and analytically solve it for some simplified cases. We derive final equations for surface normal motions by two different ways. The solution of the equations of motions in…

Biological Physics · Physics 2018-02-21 David V. Svintradze

Experiments have shown that self-propelled particles can slide along the surface of a circular obstacle without becoming trapped over long times. Using simulations and theory, we study the impact of boundary conditions on the diffusive…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Theresa Jakuszeit , Ottavio A. Croze , Samuel Bell

Soft interfaces can mediate interactions between particles bound to them. The force transmitted through the surface geometry on a particle may be expressed as a closed line integral of the surface stress tensor around that particle. This…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Michael Mueller , Markus Deserno , Jemal Guven

We describe simulations of active Brownian particles carried out to explore how dynamics and clustering are influenced by particle shape. Our particles are composed of four disks, held together by springs, whose relative size can be varied.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-12-07 Joshua Eglinton , Mike I. Smith , Michael R. Swift

Inert particles suspended in active fluids of self-propelled particles are known to often exhibit enhanced diffusion and novel coherent structures. Here we numerically investigate the dynamical behavior and self-organization in a system…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-07-04 Kyongmin Yeo , Enkeleida Lushi , Petia M. Vlahovska

Brownian dynamics of colloidal particles on complex surfaces has found important applications in diverse physical, chemical and biological processes. However, current Brownian dynamics simulation algorithms mostly work for relatively simple…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-11-26 Yuguang Yang , Bo Li