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Diffusive molecular dynamics is a novel model for materials with atomistic resolution that can reach diffusive time scales. The main ideas of diffusive molecular dynamics are to first minimize an approximate variational Gaussian free energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-09 Gideon Simpson , Mitchell Luskin , David J. Srolovitz

The derivation of suitable analytical models is an important step for the design and analysis of molecular communication systems. However, many existing models have limited applicability in practical scenarios due to various simplifications…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Maximilian Schäfer , Wayan Wicke , Werner Haselmayr , Rudolf Rabenstein , Robert Schober

Recent years have witnessed the rapid development of acceleration techniques for diffusion models, especially caching-based acceleration methods. These studies seek to answer two fundamental questions: "When to cache" and "How to use…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Jiazi Bu , Pengyang Ling , Yujie Zhou , Yibin Wang , Yuhang Zang , Dahua Lin , Jiaqi Wang

Most biochemical reactions in living cells rely on diffusive search for target molecules or regions in a heterogeneous overcrowded cytoplasmic medium. Rapid re-arrangements of the medium constantly change the effective diffusivity felt…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-13 Yann Lanoiselée , Nicolas Moutal , Denis S. Grebenkov

We consider Langevin equation with dichotomously fluctuating diffusivity, where the diffusion coefficient changes dichotomously in time, in order to study fluctuations of time-averaged observables in temporary heterogeneous diffusion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-15 Takuma Akimoto , Eiji Yamamoto

Maxima of the scalar dissipation rate in turbulence appear in form of sheets and correspond to the potentially most intensive scalar mixing events. Their cross-section extension determines a locally varying diffusion scale of the mixing…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dan Kushnir , Joerg Schumacher , Achi Brandt

The standard diffusive spreading, characterized by a Gaussian distribution with mean square displacement that grows linearly with time, can break down, for instance, under the presence of correlations and heterogeneity. In this work, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-27 M. A. F. dos Santos , E. H. Colombo , C. Anteneodo

One-dimensional non-equilibrium models of particles subjected to a coagulation-diffusion process are important in understanding non-equilibrium dynamics, and fluctuation-dissipation relation. We consider in this paper transport properties…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jean-Yves Fortin

We consider the boundary crossing problem for time-homogeneous diffusions and general curvilinear boundaries. Bounds are derived for the approximation error of the one-sided (upper) boundary crossing probability when replacing the original…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-08-28 A. N. Downes , K. Borovkov

We expand on a recent study of a lattice model of interacting particles [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 110601 (2013)]. The adsorption isotherm and equilibrium fluctuations in particle number are discussed as a function of the interaction. Their…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-20 T. Becker , K. Nelissen , B. Cleuren , B. Partoens , C. Van den Broeck

Continuous-time random walks combining diffusive scattering and ballistic propagation on lattices model a class of L\'evy walks. The assumption that transitions in the scattering phase occur with exponentially-distributed waiting times…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Giampaolo Cristadoro , Thomas Gilbert , Marco Lenci , David P. Sanders

This paper proposes to address the issue of complexity reduction for the numerical simulation of multiscale media in a quasi-periodic setting. We consider a stationary elliptic diffusion equation defined on a domain $D$ such that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Quentin Ayoul-Guilmard , Anthony Nouy , Christophe Binetruy

Spontaneous persistent motions driven by active processes play a central role to maintain the living cells far from equilibrium. In the majority of the research works, the steady state dynamics of an active system has been described in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-01 Subhasish Chaki , Rajarshi Chakrabarti

This article presents a multi-physics methodology for the numerical simulation of physical systems that involve the non-linear interaction of multi-phase reactive fluids and elastoplastic solids, inducing high strain-rates and high…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Tim Wallis , Philip T. Barton , Nikolaos Nikiforakis

Canonical characterization techniques that rely upon mean squared displacement ($\mathrm{MSD}$) break down for non-ergodic processes, making it challenging to characterize anomalous diffusion from an individual time-series measurement.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-02-21 Madhur Mangalam , Ralf Metzler , Damian G. Kelty-Stephen

Spherical multi-layered structures are prevalent in numerous biological systems and engineered applications, including tumor spheroids, layered tissues, and multi-shell nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Despite their widespread…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Mitra Rezaei , Michael Chappell , Adam Noel

We investigate through a Generalized Langevin formalism the phenomenon of anomalous diffusion for asymptotic times, and we generalized the concept of the diffusion exponent. A method is proposed to obtain the diffusion coefficient…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-20 R. M. S. Ferreira , M. V. S. Santos , C. C. Donato , J. S. Andrade , F. A. Oliveira

The dynamics of steps on crystal surfaces is considered. In general, the meandering of the steps obeys a subdiffusive behaviour. The characteristic asymptotic time laws depend on the microscopic mechanism for detachment and attachment of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 W. Selke , M. Bisani

We present a multiscale approach to model diffusion in a crowded environment and its effect on the reaction rates. Diffusion in biological systems is often modeled by a discrete space jump process in order to capture the inherent noise of…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2016-03-18 Lina Meinecke

In recent years it was shown both theoretically and experimentally that in certain systems exhibiting anomalous diffusion the time and ensemble average mean squared displacement are remarkably different. The ensemble average diffusivity is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-12-20 Philipp Meyer , Eli Barkai , Holger Kantz