Dynamical clustering and phase separation in suspensions of self-propelled colloidal particles

I Buttinoni, J Bialké, F Kümmel, H Löwen, C Bechinger… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Physical review letters, 2013APS
We study experimentally and numerically a (quasi-) two-dimensional colloidal suspension of
self-propelled spherical particles. The particles are carbon-coated Janus particles, which are
propelled due<? format?> to diffusiophoresis in a near-critical water-lutidine mixture. At low
densities, we find that the driving stabilizes small clusters. At higher densities, the
suspension undergoes a phase separation into large clusters and a dilute gas phase. The
same qualitative behavior is observed in simulations of a minimal model for repulsive self …
We study experimentally and numerically a (quasi-)two-dimensional colloidal suspension of self-propelled spherical particles. The particles are carbon-coated Janus particles, which are propelled due <?format ?>to diffusiophoresis in a near-critical water-lutidine mixture. At low densities, we find that the driving stabilizes small clusters. At higher densities, the suspension undergoes a phase separation into large clusters and a dilute gas phase. The same qualitative behavior is observed in simulations of a minimal model for repulsive self-propelled particles lacking any alignment interactions. The observed behavior is rationalized in terms of a dynamical instability due to the self-trapping of self-propelled particles.
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