Anomalous segregation dynamics of self-propelled particles.

ABSTRACT: A number of novel experimental and theoretical results have recently been obtained on active soft matter, demonstrating the various interesting universal and anomalous features of this kind of driven systems. Here we consider the adhesion difference-driven segregation of actively moving units, a fundamental but still poorly explored aspect of collective motility. In particular, we propose a model in which particles have a tendency to adhere through a mechanism which makes them both stay in touch and synchronize their direction of motion - but the interaction is limited to particles of the same kind. The calculations corresponding to the related differential equations can be made in parallel, thus a powerful GPU card allows large scale simulations. We find that in a very large system of par

SUBMITTER: Mones E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4603538 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature