Local polar and long-range isotropic activity assisted swelling and collapse dynamics of an active ring polymer

S Kumar, S Thakur - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
The circular and ring structures in many synthetic or natural systems simultaneously
experience local and long-range forces. In this work, we use numerical simulations to …

Enhanced diffusion, swelling, and slow reconfiguration of a single chain in non-Gaussian active bath

S Chaki, R Chakrabarti - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A prime example of a non-equilibrium or active environment is a biological cell. In order to
understand in vivo functioning of biomolecules such as proteins and chromatins, a …

Structure and dynamics of a self-propelled semiflexible filament

SK Anand, SP Singh - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
We investigate structural and dynamical properties of a self-propelled filament using coarse-
grained Brownian dynamics simulations. A self-propulsion force is applied along the bond …

Collapse dynamics of chemically active flexible polymer

N Jain, S Thakur - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
We investigate the structural and dynamical properties of a chemically active flexible
polymer chain immersed in a solvent bath by using hybrid molecular dynamics (MD) and …

Simulation of microswimmer hydrodynamics with multiparticle collision dynamics

A Zöttl - Chinese Physics B, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review we discuss the recent progress in the simulation of soft active matter systems
and in particular the hydrodynamics of microswimmers using the method of multiparticle …

Diffusiophoretic Brownian dynamics: characterization of hydrodynamic effects for an active chemoattractive polymer

S Jaiswal, M Ripoll, S Thakur - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The phoretic Brownian dynamics method is shown here to be an effective approach to
simulate the properties of colloidal chemophoretic based systems. The method is then …

Structure and dynamics of an active polymer chain inside a nanochannel grafted with polymers

R Sahoo, R Chakrabarti - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We use computer simulations to investigate the complex dynamics of a polymer, made of
active Brownian particles, inside a channel grafted internally with passive polymer chains …

Morphological and dynamical properties of semiflexible filaments driven by molecular motors

N Gupta, A Chaudhuri, D Chaudhuri - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We consider an explicit model of a semiflexible filament moving in two dimensions on a
gliding assay of motor proteins, which attach to and detach from filament segments …

Translocation of an active polymer into a two dimensional circular nano-container

A Rezaie-Dereshgi, H Khalilian… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Translocation dynamics of an active semi-flexible polymer through a nano-pore into a rigid
two dimensional circular nano-container has been studied by using Langevin dynamics …

Diffusion of an active particle bound to a generalized elastic model: fractional Langevin equation

A Taloni - Fractal and Fractional, 2024 - mdpi.com
We investigate the influence of a self-propelling, out-of-equilibrium active particle on
generalized elastic systems, including flexible and semi-flexible polymers, fluid membranes …