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 …

Enhanced diffusion and universal Rouse-like scaling of an active polymer in poor solvent

S Majumder, S Paul, W Janke - Physical Review Materials, 2024 - APS
By means of Brownian dynamics simulations we study the steady-state dynamic properties
of a flexible active polymer in a poor solvent condition. Our results show that the effective …

Phase transitions in active matter systems

SK Das - … and Fluctuation Kinetics: Modern Trends and Open …, 2022 - Springer
This article reviews various aspects of phase transitions in active matter systems. Scaling
phenomena in steady states as well as far-from-steady-states have been considered. The …

Activity Induced Enhanced Diffusion of a Polymer in Poor Solvent

S Majumder, S Paul, W Janke - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.13856, 2023 - arxiv.org
By means of Brownian dynamics simulations we study the steady-state dynamic properties
of a flexible active polymer in a poor solvent condition. Our results show that the effective …

Phase behavior and dynamics in a colloid–polymer mixture under spherical confinement

A Bera, K Binder, SA Egorov, SK Das - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
From studies via molecular dynamics simulations, we report results on structure and
dynamics in mixtures of active colloids and passive polymers that are confined inside a …

An active fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck particle: diffusion and dissipation

NA Rangaig - Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we consider a particle subjected to active fluctuations due to the presence of an
active bath. The active fluctuation driving the particle is modeled as an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck …

Alignment-Induced Self-Organization of Autonomously Steering Microswimmers: Turbulence, Vortices, and Jets

S Goh, E Westphal, RG Winkler, G Gompper - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Systems of motile microorganisms exhibit a multitude of collective phenomena, including
motility-induced phase separation and turbulence. Sensing of the environment and …

Spontaneous Micro Flocking of Active Inertial Particles without Alignment Interaction

S Paul, S Majumder, W Janke - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.04397, 2024 - arxiv.org
Observing spontaneous velocity ordering or flocking during motility induced phase
separation (MIPS) in a system of spherical active Brownian particles without alignment …

Kinetics of vapor-liquid transition of active matter system under quasi one-dimensional confinement

BS Gupta - arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.01195, 2024 - arxiv.org
We study the kinetics of vapor-liquid phase separation in a quasi one-dimensional confined
active matter system using molecular dynamics simulations. Activity is invoked via the Vicsek …

Activity induced non-monotonic aggregation in a mixture of chemically active and passive particles

M Jhajhria, S Sahoo, T Biswas, S Thakur - Soft Materials, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Spontaneous symmetry breaking has been shown to be the genesis of self-assembly in a
mixture of spherically symmetric chemically active and passive colloids, forming dense …