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We investigate the spontaneous motion of an elliptical Janus particle, driven by Marangoni forces, on a water surface to understand how particle shape and size influence its dynamics. The Janus particle is one-half infused with a substance…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-24 Pabitra Masanta , Ratan Sarkar , Punit Parmananda , Raghunath Chelakkot

We demonstrate the directed transport of underdamped particles in two dimensional lattices of arbitrary geometry driven by an unbiased ac-driving force. The direction of transport can be controlled via the lattice geometry as well as the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-18 Aritra K. Mukhopadhyay , Peter Schmelcher

A simple physical mechanism of stimulated light scattering on nanoscale objects in water suspension similar to Langmuir waves mechanism in plasma is proposed. The proposed mechanism is based on a dipole interaction between the light wave…

We study the production of jet-bremsstrahlung photons through the scattering with the constituents of a dense nuclear matter within the framework of deep-inelastic scattering off a large nucleus. Applying a gradient expansion up to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-31 Le Zhang , De-Fu Hou , Guang-You Qin

Two-dimensional (2D) Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted much interest due to their exciting quantum properties arising from their unique two-faced structure, broken-mirror symmetry, and consequent colossal…

We investigate spin-wave propagation in magnetic insulators in the presence of lattice dislocations. Within a continuum magnetoelastic framework, we show that the strain fields generated by dislocations induce equilibrium magnetic textures.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Cristobal Larronde , Ignacio Castro , Alvaro S. Nunez , Roberto E. Troncoso , Nicolas Vidal-Silva

Diffraction of a relativistically-strong light can produce high-order harmonics via the relativistic oscillating window mechanism. In this process, the characteristics of the 2D electron dynamics at the diffraction screen can be imprinted…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Ke Hu , Xinju Guo , Longqing Yi

This paper deals with the investigation of flow field due to clap and fling mechanism using immersed boundary coupled with lattice Boltzmann method. The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), an alternative to Navier Stokes solver, is used because…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-03 Pradeep Kumar S , Ashoke De , Debopam Das

Waves impart momentum and exert force on obstacles in their path. The transfer of wave momentum is a fundamental mechanism for contactless manipulation, yet the rules of conventional scattering intrinsically limit the radiation force based…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-11-03 Matthew Stein , Sam Keller , Yujie Luo , Ognjen Ilic

Polymorphic structures of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host exotic electronic states, like charge density wave and superconductivity. However, the number of these structures is limited by crystal symmetries, which poses a…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-05-31 Le Lei , Jiaqi Dai , Haoyu Dong , Yanyan Geng , Feiyue Cao , Cong Wang , Rui Xu , Fei Pang , Fangsen Li , Zhihai Cheng , Guang Wang , Wei Ji

We propose a sigma_z-symmetry-preserving approach to achieve Janus bound states in the continuum (Janus BICs) exhibiting asymmetric topological charges in the upward and downward radiation channels. While prior approaches typically involve…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-07 Hongzhi Zuo , Shengxuan Xia , Haiyu Meng

The recoil optical force and torque acting on an electromagnetic dipole are typically derived by computing the imbalance in radiated linear and angular electromagnetic momentum coming from the source, using Maxwell stress tensor…

A strongly focused laser beam can be used to trap, manipulate and exert torque on a microparticle. The torque is the result of transfer of angular momentum by scattering of the laser beam. The laser could be used to drive a rotor, impeller,…

The optoelectronic properties of nanoscale systems such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene nanoribbons and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are determined by their dielectric function. This complex, frequency dependent function is…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-10 Oisín Garrity , Alvaro Rodriguez , Niclas S. Mueller , Otakar Frank , Patryk Kusch

In optomechanical systems, the libration and rotation of nanoparticles offer profound insights for ultrasensitive torque measurement and macroscopic quantum superpositions. Achievements include transitioning libration to rotation up to 6…

Light-induced rotation of absorbing microscopic particles by transfer of angular momentum from light to the material raises the possibility of optically driven micromachines. The phenomenon has been observed using elliptically polarized…

Based on the analyses of the wave front and the wave vector of an acoustic-vortex (AV) spanner generated by a circular array of point source, the principle of object rotation is investigated through the calculation of the orbital angular…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-23 Yuzhi Li , Gepu Guo , Juan Tu , Qingyu Ma , Xiasheng Guo , Dong Zhang , Oleg A. Sapozhnikov , Thomas J. Matula

Active Janus particles suspended in a plasma were studied experimentally. The Janus particles were micron-size plastic microspheres, one half of which was coated with a thin layer of platinum. They were suspended in the plasma sheath of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 V. Nosenko , F. Luoni , A. Kaouk , M. Rubin-Zuzic , H. Thomas

Janus particles self-propel by generating local tangential concentration gradients along their surface. These gradients are present in a thin layer whose thickness is small compared to the particle size. Chemical asymmetry along the surface…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-31 Prathmesh M. Vinze , Akash Choudhary , S. Pushpavanam

Magnetic dipolar modes (MDMs) in a quasi 2D ferrite disk are microwave energy eigenstate oscillations with topologically distinct structures of rotating fields and unidirectional power flow circulations. At the first glance, this might seem…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 R. Joffe , E. O. Kamenetskii , R. Shavit