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Non-equilibrium clustering and percolation are investigated in an archetypal model of two-dimensional active matter using dynamic simulations of self-propelled Brownian repulsive particles. We concentrate on the single-phase region up to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-09 David Evans , José Martín-Roca , Nathan J. Harmer , Chantal Valeriani , Mark A. Miller

We study the dynamical steady-states of a monolayer of chemically active self-phoretic colloids as a function of packing fraction and self-propulsion speed by means of Brownian dynamics simulations. We focus on the case that a chemical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-03-11 Federico Fadda , D. A. Matoz-Fernandez , René van Roij , Sara Jabbari-Farouji

Motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) is a well-studied nonequilibrium collective phenomenon observed in active particles. Recently, there has been growing interest in how coupling the self-propulsion of active particles to chemical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-14 Euijoon Kwon , Yongjae Oh , Yongjoo Baek

Dense active systems are widespread in nature, examples range from bacterial colonies to biological tissues. Dense clusters of active particles can be obtained by increasing the packing fraction of the system or taking advantage of a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-04-13 Matteo Paoluzzi , Demian Levis , Ignacio Pagonabarraga

Active particles may undergo phase separation when interactions oppose self-propulsion, in the absence of any cohesive forces. The corresponding Motility-Induced Phase Separation (MIPS) is arguably the simplest non-trivial collective…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-19 Jérémy O'Byrne , Alexandre Solon , Julien Tailleur , Yongfeng Zhao

Meso-scale turbulence was originally observed experimentally in various suspensions of swimming bacteria, as well as in the collective motion of active colloids. The corresponding large-scale dynamical patterns were reproduced in a simple…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-30 Vasco M. Worlitzer , Gil Ariel , Avraham Be'er , Holger Stark , Markus Bär , Sebastian Heidenreich

We investigate the phase behavior and kinetics of a monodisperse mixture of active (\textit{i.e.}, self-propelled) and passive isometric Brownian particles through Brownian dynamics simulations and theory. As in a purely active system,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-01-08 Joakim Stenhammar , Raphael Wittkowski , Davide Marenduzzo , Michael E. Cates

Collectives of actively-moving particles can spontaneously segregate into dilute and dense phases through a process known as motility-induced phase separation (MIPS). This captivating phenomenon is well-studied for randomly-moving particles…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-04 Hongbo Zhao , Qiwei Yu , Andrej Košmrlj , Sujit S. Datta

Self-propelled particles, like motile cells and artificial colloids, can spontaneously form macroscopic clusters. This phenomenon is called motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) and occurs even without attractive forces, provided that…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-26 Felipe Hawthorne , Pablo de Castro , José A. Freire

Observing spontaneous velocity ordering or flocking during motility induced phase separation (MIPS) in a system of spherical active Brownian particles without alignment interaction is challenging. We take up this problem by performing…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-08 Subhajit Paul , Suman Majumder , Wolfhard Janke

Active Brownian particles (ABPs), when subject to purely repulsive interactions, are known to undergo activity-induced phase separation broadly resembling an equilibrium (attraction-induced) gas-liquid coexistence. Here we present an…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-10-04 Joakim Stenhammar , Adriano Tiribocchi , Rosalind J. Allen , Davide Marenduzzo , Michael E. Cates

Mixtures of active and passive particles are predicted to exhibit a variety of nonequilibrium phases. Here we report a dynamic clustering phase in mixtures of colloids and motile bacteria. We show that colloidal clustering results from a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-05-25 Shreyas Gokhale , Junang Li , Alexandre Solon , Jeff Gore , Nikta Fakhri

Active soft matter frequently shows motility-induced phase separation (MIPS), where self-propelled particles condensate into clusters with an inner liquid-like structure. Such activity may also result in motility-induced crystallization…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-02-24 Max Philipp Holl , Alina Barbar Steinberg , Uwe Thiele

Understanding the mechanical properties of active suspensions is crucial for their potential applications in materials engineering. Among the various phenomena in active matter that have no analogue in equilibrium systems, motility-induced…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-10 José Martín-Roca , Chantal Valeriani , Kristian Thijssen , Tyler Shendruk , Angelo Cacciuto

Motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) is a central collective phenomenon in active matter, theoretically established in the overdamped regime. We discover that the dynamical origin of MIPS is fundamentally altered by inertia, which…

In the present work, with the intent of exploring the out-of-equilibrium polymerization of active patchy particles in linear chains, we study a suspension of active bivalent Brownian particles (ABBPs). At all studied temperatures and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-11-19 Caterina Landi , John Russo , Francesco Sciortino , Chantal Valeriani

Off-lattice active Brownian particles form clusters and undergo phase separation even in the absence of attractions or velocity-alignment mechanisms. Arguments that explain this phenomenon appeal only to the ability of particles to move…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-05-28 Stephen Whitelam , Katherine Klymko , Dibyendu Mandal

We simulate active Brownian particles (ABPs) with soft-repulsive interactions subjected to a four-roll-mill flow. In the absence of flow, this system exhibits motility-induced phase separation (MIPS). To investigate the interplay between…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-28 Soni D. Prajapati , Akshay Bhatnagar , Anupam Gupta

Active matter systems are inherently out of equilibrium and break the detailed balance (DB) at the microscopic scale, exhibiting vital collective phenomena such as motility-induced phase separation (MIPS). Here, we introduce a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-11-30 Jie Su , Zhiyu Cao , Jin Wang , Huijun Jiang , Zhonghuai Hou

Identifying the universality class of critical active phase transitions has been the subject of recent interest and controversy. Resolving these controversies will require robust numerical investigations to determine whether active critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-14 Jiechao Feng , Daniel Evans , Ahmad K. Omar