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The pressure of suspensions of self-propelled objects is studied theoretically and by simulation of spherical active Brownian particles (ABP). We show that for certain geometries, the mechanical pressure as force/area of a confined systems…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-06-03 Roland G. Winkler , Adam Wysocki , Gerhard Gompper

We investigate the structural and dynamic properties of active Brownian particles (APs) confined within a soft annulus-shaped channel. Depending on the strength of the confinement and the P\'eclet number, we observe a novel re-entrant…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-15 Timo Knippenberg , Ashreya Jayaram , Thomas Speck , Clemens Bechinger

Collective motion is ubiquitous in active systems at all length and time scales. The mechanisms behind such collective motion usually are alignment interactions between active particles, effective alignment after collisions between agents…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-02-24 José Martín-Roca , Daniel Escobar Ortiz , Chantal Valeriani , Horacio Serna

Brownian motion of an array of harmonically coupled particles subject to a periodic substrate potential and driven by an external bias is investigated. In the linear response limit (small bias), the coupling between particles may enhance…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Zhigang Zheng , Bambi Hu , Gang Hu

We present an analytical and computational study characterizing the structural and dynamical properties of an active filament confined in cylindrical channels. We first outline the effects of the interplay between confinement and polar…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-10-09 José Martín-Roca , Emanuele Locatelli , Valentino Bianco , Paolo Malgaretti , Chantal Valeriani

We introduce jerky chiral active Brownian particles (jcABPs), a generalization of conventional chiral active Brownian particles (cABPs) subjected to jerk, the time derivative of acceleration, and analytically derive their mean displacement…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-10 Stephy Jose , Hartmut Löwen

Active and diffusive motion in Brownian particles are regularly observed in fluidic environments, albeit at different time scales. Here, we experimentally study the dynamics of highly asymmetric microclusters trapped in air employing…

Active matter systems characterized by the interplay of chirality and self-alignment offer a rich landscape for the emergence of non-equilibrium collective behaviors and the development of autonomous materials. We present a versatile…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-20 Timo Wagner , Michael Himpel , Thomas Ihle , Horst-Holger Boltz

We present experiments on chiral active polar particles, realized as vibrated granular rods, revealing the formation of robust ``skipping orbits'' at hard boundaries. These edge states exhibit a net circulation opposite to the particles'…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-08 Raushan Kant , Ananyo Maitra , A K Sood , Sriram Ramaswamy

Up to now, in the literature of optical manipulation, optical force due to chirality usually coexists with the non-chiral force and the chiral force usually takes a very small portion of the total force. In this work, we investigate a case…

We study the chiral symmetry breaking and metastability of confined nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (LCLC) with and without chiral dopants. The isotropic-nematic coexistence phase of the LCLC renders two confining geometries:…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-27 Jungmyung Kim , Joonwoo Jeong

Suspensions of motile active particles with space dependent activity form characteristic polarization and density patterns. Recent single-particle studies for planar activity landscapes identified several quantities associated with emergent…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-06-09 Sven Auschra , Viktor Holubec

We review recent advances in rectification control of artificial microswimmers, also known as Janus particles, diffusing along narrow, periodically corrugated channels. The swimmer self-propulsion mechanism is modeled so as to incorporate a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-12-19 Xue Ao , Pulak Kumar Ghosh , Yunyun Li , Gerhard Schmid , Peter Hänggi , Fabio Marchesoni

We analyze the pattern formation in systems of active particles with chiral forces in the context of pedestrian dynamics. To describe the interparticle interactions, we use the standard social force model and supplement it with a new type…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-30 Anna S. Bodrova , Fatema Al Najim , N. V. Brilliantov

Chiral active particles (or self-propelled circle swimmers) feature a rich collective behavior, comprising rotating macro-clusters and micro-flock patterns which consist of phase-synchronized rotating clusters with a characteristic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-02-14 Demian Levis , Benno Liebchen

Lipid rafts are hypothesized to facilitate protein interaction, tension regulation, and trafficking in biological membranes, but the mechanisms responsible for their formation and maintenance are not clear. Insights into many other…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-04-12 Louis Kang , T. C. Lubensky

We investigate the self-propulsion of an inertial active particle confined in a two-dimensional harmonic trap. The particle is suspended in a non-Newtonian or viscoelastic suspension with a friction kernel that decays exponentially with a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-02-09 F Adersh , M Muhsin , M Sahoo

We develop a minimal theoretical model that reveals a structured steady-state flux field with four alternating local circulation, a phenomenon we refer to as quadrupolar gyration. A passive Brownian particle is confined to move in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-08-13 Iman Abdoli , Hartmut Löwen

We consider motion of an underdamped Brownian particle in a washboard potential that is subjected to an unbiased time-periodic external field. While in the limiting deterministic system in dependence of the strength and phase of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-02-07 D. Hennig , L. Schimansky-Geier , P. Hänggi

We explore the non-equilibrium dissipative dynamics of a system of identical charged particles trapped on a closed helix. The particles are subject to an external force accelerating them along the underlying structure. The effective…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-02-17 A. V. Zampetaki , J. Stockhofe , P. Schmelcher