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We study the Brownian motion (BM) of optically trapped graphene flakes. These orient orthogonal to the light polarization, due to the optical constants anisotropy. We explain the flake dynamics, measure force and torque constants and derive…

Brownian motion of a particle with an arbitrary shape is investigated theoretically. Analytical expressions for the time-dependent cross-correlations of the Brownian translational and rotational displacements are derived from the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-02-13 Bodan Cichocki , Maria L. Ekiel-Jezewska , Eligiusz Wajnryb

We have studied the correlated Brownian motion of micron-sized particles suspended in water and confined between two plates. The hydrodynamic interaction between the particles exhibits three anomalies. (i) The transverse coupling is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Bianxiao Cui , Haim Diamant , Binhua Lin , Stuart A. Rice

In a mobile learning environment, students can learn via mobile devices without being limited by time and space. Therefore, it is vital to develop tools to assist students to learn and assess their knowledge in such environments. This paper…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Fotis Lazarinis , Dimitris Kanellopoulos

Hot microswimmers are self-propelled Brownian particles that exploit local heating for their directed self-thermophoretic motion. We provide a pedagogical overview of the key physical mechanisms underlying this promising new technology. It…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-05-23 Klaus Kroy , Dipanjan Chakraborty , Frank Cichos

In this work, we study the dynamics of a single active Brownian particle, as well as the collective behavior of interacting active Brownian particles, in a fluctuating heterogeneous environment. We employ a variant of the diffusing…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-01-05 S. M. J. Khadem , N. H. Siboni , S. H. L. Klapp

Brownian motion is a central scientific paradigm. Recently, due to increasing efforts and interests towards miniaturization and small-scale physics or biology, the effects of confinement on such a motion have become a key topic of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-03-13 Elodie Millan , Maxime Lavaud , Yacine Amarouchene , Thomas Salez

We present an interesting connection between Brownian motion and magnetism. We use this to determine the distribution of areas enclosed by the path of a particle diffusing on a sphere. In addition, we find a bound on the free energy of an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Supurna Sinha , Joseph Samuel

In this paper, it is presented the well known aspect of non linearity of internal human body structures. Similarity on the basis of the Fractional Brownian Motion from the static ones, as the geometrical fractals like the Intestine and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2008-06-25 Attilio Sacripanti

In recent years, active Brownian particles have emerged as a prominent model system for comprehending the behaviors of active matter, wherein particles demonstrate self-propelled motion by harnessing energy from the surrounding environment.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-31 Cunyuan Jiang , Zihan Zheng , Yangrui Chen , Matteo Baggioli , Jie Zhang

Curiosity is a vital metacognitive skill in educational contexts, leading to creativity, and a love of learning. And while many school systems increasingly undercut curiosity by teaching to the test, teachers are increasingly interested in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Tanmay Sinha , Zhen Bai , Justine Cassell

Finding the best strategy to minimize the time needed to find a given target is a crucial task both in nature and in reaching decisive technological advances. By considering learning agents able to switch their dynamics between standard and…

We present a platform for student monitoring in remote education consisting of a collection of sensors and software that capture biometric and behavioral data. We define a collection of tasks to acquire behavioral data that can be useful…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Javier Hernandez-Ortega , Roberto Daza , Aythami Morales , Julian Fierrez , Javier Ortega-Garcia

We discuss the two-dimensional motion of a Brownian particle that is confined to a harmonic trap and driven by a shear flow. The surrounding medium induces memory effects modelled by a linear, typically nonreciprocal coupling of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-26 Lea Fernandez , Siegfried Hess , Sabine H. L. Klapp

We use Stokesian Dynamics simulations to study the microscopic motion of particles suspended in fluids passing through porous media. We construct model porous media with fixed spherical particles, and allow mobile ones to move through this…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Jysoo Lee , Joel Koplik

Curiosity is the strong desire to learn or know more about something or someone. Since learning is often a social endeavor, social dynamics in collaborative learning may inevitably influence curiosity. There is a scarcity of research,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Tanmay Sinha , Zhen Bai , Justine Cassell

We analyze the dynamics of a tracer particle embedded in a bath of hard spheres confined in a channel of varying section. By means of Brownian dynamics simulations we apply a constant force on the tracer particle and discuss the dependence…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-11-14 Antonio M. Puertas , Paolo Malgaretti , Ignacio Pagonabarraga

In India, as in many countries, the main focus in science classrooms is on exams rather than musing on the fascinating concepts and understanding of the world that science offers. This can mean that students lose interest in studying…

Physics Education · Physics 2015-12-01 Anand Pratap Singh , Anuradha Gupta , Ranjit Gulvady , Amit Mhamane , Timothy Edward Saunders

We construct a model of Brownian Motion on a pseudo-Riemannian manifold associated with general relativity. There are two aspects of the problem: The first is to define a sequence of stopping times associated with the Brownian "kicks" or…

General Physics · Physics 2013-04-02 Paul O'Hara , Lamberto Rondoni

The behavior of living systems is based on the experience they gained through their interactions with the environment [1]. This experience is stored in the complex biochemical networks of cells and organisms to provide a relationship…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-14 Santiago Muiños-Landin , Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi , Frank Cichos