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We use numerical simulations to examine two-dimensional particle mixtures that strongly phase separate in equilibrium. When the system is externally driven in the presence of quenched disorder, plastic flow occurs in the form of meandering…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Libal , C. Reichhardt , C. J. Olson Reichhardt

The three species ABC model of driven particles on a ring is generalized to include vacancies and particle-nonconserving processes. The model exhibits phase separation at high densities. For equal average densities of the three species, it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Lederhendler , O. Cohen , D. Mukamel

In bidisperse particle mixtures varying in size or density alone, large particles rise (driven by percolation) and heavy particles sink (driven by buoyancy). When the two particle species differ from each other in both size and density, the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-06-09 Yifei Duan , Paul B. Umbanhowar , Richard M. Lueptow

The imbalanced Hubbard model features a transition between dynamic regimes depending on the mass ratio and coupling strength between two different particle species. A slowdown of the lighter particle transport can be attributed to an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-23 Mirko Daumann , Thomas Dahm

We show through rigorous calculations that dielectric microspheres can be organized by an incident electromagnetic plane wave into stable cluster configurations, which we call photonic molecules. The long-range optical binding force arises…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jack Ng , Zhifang Lin , C. T. Chan , Ping Sheng

Forced granular matter in confined geometries presents phase transitions and coexistence. Depending on the system and forcing parameters, liquid-vapor and liquid-solid co-existing states are possible. For the solid-liquid coexistence that…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-10 Sébastien Aumaître , Nicolas Mujica

We study the formation and growth of equilibrium clusters in a suspension of weakly-charged colloidal particles and small non-adsorbing polymers. The effective potential is characterised by a short-range attraction and a long-range…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Rodrigo Sanchez , Paul Bartlett

In the field of freezing colloidal suspensions, it is important to understand the particle-scale behavior of particle packing. Here, we reveal the dynamics of particle packing by identifying the behavior of each single particle in situ. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-08 Jiaxue You , Jincheng Wang , Lilin Wang , Ziren Wang , Zhijun Wang , Junjie Li , Xin Lin

We present exact and asymptotic results for clusters in the one-dimensional totally asymmetric exclusion process (TASEP) with two different dynamics. The expected length of the largest cluster is shown to diverge logarithmically with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 O. Pulkkinen , J. Merikoski

We study size- and charge-asymmetric oppositely charged colloids driven by an external electric field. The large particles are connected by harmonic springs, forming a hexagonal-lattice network while the small particles are free of bonds…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-04-24 Dingwen Qian , Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Group formation and coordination are fundamental characteristics of living systems, essential for performing tasks and ensuring survival. Interactions between individuals play a key role in group formation, and the impact of resource…

We present experiments on the collective dynamics of macroscopic photoactive self-propelled particles subjected to spatiotemporally varying excitation. The particles move within an arena divided into two regions with different illumination…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-19 Sára Lévay , Axel Katona , Raúl Cruz Hidalgo , Iker Zuriguel

We define and study one-dimensional model of irreversible aggregation of particles obeying a discrete-time kinetics which is a special limit of the generalized Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process (gTASEP) on open chains. The model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-05-10 Nadezhda Zh. Bunzarova , Nina Ch. Pesheva

Theories of phase change and self-assembly often invoke the idea of a `quasiequilibrium', a regime in which the nonequilibrium association of building blocks results nonetheless in a structure whose properties are determined solely by an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-22 Stephen Whitelam , Rebecca Schulman , Lester Hedges

We study a system of hard-core particles sliding downwards on a fluctuating one-dimensional surface which is characterized by a dynamical exponent $z$. In numerical simulations, an initially random particle density is found to coarsen and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dibyendu Das , Mustansir Barma

A diffusive system coupled to unequal boundary reservoirs reaches a non-equilibrium steady state. While the full-counting-statistics of current fluctuations in these states are well understood for generic systems, results for steady-state…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-29 Soumyabrata Saha , Tridib Sadhu

Large ensembles of globally coupled chaotic neural networks undergo a transition to complete synchronization for high coupling intensities. The onset of this fully coherent behavior is preceded by a regime where clusters of networks with…

adap-org · Physics 2008-02-03 D. H. Zanette , A. S. Mikhailov

This short review covers a wide selection of topics from a multidisciplinary area of dynamics of nonequilibrium systems in physics, chemistry, biology. Theoretical models of colloid particle and protein deposition and adhesion at surfaces,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Privman

The effects of quenched disorder on a single and many active run-and-tumble particles is studied in one dimension. For a single particle, we consider both the steady-state distribution and the particle's dynamics subject to disorder in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-27 Ydan Ben Dor , Eric Woillez , Yariv Kafri , Mehran Kardar , Alexandre P Solon

After rainfall, pine needles often float on the surface of small puddles. As the water evaporates, they self-assemble into distinct clusters. Motivated by this natural phenomenon, we experimentally investigate the dynamic evolution of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-06 Xin Li , Shuchen Zhang , Mark J. Bowick , Duanduan Wan