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We study the homogenization of a diffusion process which takes place in a binary structure formed by an ambiental connected phase surrounding a suspension of very small spheres distributed in an $\veps$-periodic network. The asymptotic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Fadila Bentalha , Isabelle Gruais , Dan Polisevski

Homogeneous active Brownian particle (ABP) systems with purely repulsive interactions are considered to have simple phase behavior, but various physical attributes of active entities can lead to variation in the collective dynamics. Recent…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-03 Monika Sanoria , Raghunath Chelakkot , Amitabha Nandi

We simulate a model of self-propelled disks with soft repulsive interactions confined to a box in two dimensions. For small rotational diffusion rates, monodisperse disks spontaneously accumulate at the walls. At low densities, interaction…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-05 Xingbo Yang , M. Lisa Manning , M. Cristina Marchetti

We explore phase separation and kinetic arrest in a model active colloidal system consisting of self-propelled, hard-core particles with nonconvex shapes. The passive limit of the model, namely cross-shaped particles on a square lattice,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-11 Carl Merrigan , Kabir Ramola , Rakesh Chatterjee , Nimrod Segall , Yair Shokef , Bulbul Chakraborty

We introduce a minimal model for a collection of self-propelled apolar active particles, also called as `active nematic', on a two-dimensional substrate and study the order-disorder transition with the variation of density. The particles…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-09-18 Rakesh Das , Manoranjan Kumar , Shradha Mishra

We consider a lattice model of active matter with exclusion and derive its hydrodynamic description exactly. The hydrodynamic limit leads to an integro-differential equation for the density of particles with a given orientation. Volume…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 James Mason , Clement Erignoux , Robert Jack , Maria Bruna

We present Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of the soft-core bosonic Hubbard model with a ring exchange term K. For values of K which exceed roughly half the on-site repulsion U, the density is a non-monotonic function of the chemical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. G. Rousseau , R. T. Scalettar , G. G. Batrouni

Via computer simulations we study kinetics of pattern formation in a two-dimensional active matter system. Self-propulsion in our model is incorporated via the Vicsek-like activity, i.e., particles have the tendency of aligning their…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-08-26 Saikat Chakraborty , Subir K. Das

In the framework of the theoretical model of the phase transition of binary solutions into spatially inhomogeneous states proposed earlier by the autors [1], which takes into account nonlinear effects, the role of the cubic in concentration…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-03-14 Yu. M. Poluektov , A. A. Soroka

Recent theoretical studies found that mixtures of active and passive colloidal particles phase separate but only at very high activity ratio. The high value poses serious obstacles for experimental exploration of this phenomenon. Here we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-03-08 Jan Smrek , Kurt Kremer

Active Brownian particles display self-propelled movement, which can be modelled as arising from a one-body force. Although their interparticle interactions are purely repulsive, for strong self propulsion the swimmers phase separate into…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-25 Sophie Hermann , Daniel de las Heras , Matthias Schmidt

Suspensions of purely repulsive but self-propelled Brownian particles might undergo phase separation, a phenomenon that strongly resembles the phase separation of passive particles with attractions. Here we employ computer simulations to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-05 David Richard , Hartmut Löwen , Thomas Speck

Differences in activities in colloidal particles are sufficient to drive phase separation between active and passive (or less active) particles, even if they have only excluded volume interactions. In this paper, we study the phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-27 Efe Ilker , Jean-François Joanny

Polymer blends offer an exciting material for various potential applications due to their tunable properties by varying constituting components and their relative composition. Our simulation results unravel an intrinsic relationship between…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-10-13 Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra

We consider the solid or hexatic non-equilibrium phases of an interacting two-dimensional system of Active Brownian Particles at high density and investigate numerically and theoretically the properties of the velocity distribution function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-16 Lorenzo Caprini , Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi

In this paper we provide high precision estimates of the phase diagram of active Brownian particles. We extract coexisting densities from simulations of phase separated states in an elongated box (slab geometry) which minimizes finite-size…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-16 Jonathan Tammo Siebert , Janina Letz , Thomas Speck , Peter Virnau

Active matter, encompassing natural systems, converts surrounding energy to sustain autonomous motion, exhibiting unique non-equilibrium behaviors such as active turbulence and phase separation. In this study, we develop a continuum…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-06 Sohail Ahmed , Zixiang Lin , Zijie Qu

We study complex networks of stochastic two-state units. Our aim is to model discrete stochastic excitable dynamics with a rest and an excited state. Both states are assumed to possess different waiting time distributions. The rest state is…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-12-02 Simon Christ , Bernard Sonnenschein , Lutz Schimansky-Geier

Spontaneous demixing in active matter is a ubiquitous phenomenon that is crucial for numerous living processes ranging from bacterial swarming to sorting of cells in dense tissues. Here, we systematically investigate the effect of spatially…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-29 Rashmi Trivedi , Subhajit Paul , Sumanta Kundu , Sunita Kumari

Active systems are inherently out of equilibrium, as they collect energy from their surroundings and transform it into directed motion. A recent theoretical study suggests that binary mixtures of active particles with distinct effective…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-11-22 Sunita Kumari , Andre S. Nunes , Nuno A. M. Araujo , Margarida Telo da Gama