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Inertial Active Soft Matter

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Inertial active soft matter

Hartmut Löwen

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universität düsseldorf

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Active particles which are self-propelled by converting energy into mechanical motion represent an expanding research realm in physics and chemistry. For micron-sized particles moving in a liquid (``microswimmers''), most of the basic features have been described by using the model of overdamped active Brownian motion [1]. However, for macroscopic particles or microparticles moving in a gas, inertial effects become relevant such that the dynamics is underdamped. Therefore, recently, active particles with inertia have been described by extending the active Brownian motion model to active Langevin dynamics which include inertia [2]. In this talk, recent developments of active particles with inertia (``microflyers'', ``hoppers'' or ``runners'') are summarized including: inertial delay effects between particle velocity and self-propulsion direction [3], tuning of the long-time self-diffusion by the moment of inertia [3], the influence of inertia on motility-induced phase separation and the cluster growth exponent [4], and the formation of active micelles (“rotelles”) by using inertial active surfactants. References [1] C. Bechinger, R. di Leonardo, H. Löwen, C. Reichhardt, G. Volpe, G. Volpe, Reviews of Modern Physics 88, 045006 (2016). [2] H. Löwen, Journal of Chemical Physics 152, 040901 (2020). [3] C. Scholz, S. Jahanshahi, A. Ldov, H. Löwen, Nature Communications 9, 5156 (2018). [4] S. Mandal, B. Liebchen, H. Löwen, Physical Review Letters 123, 228001 (2019). [5] C. Scholz, A. Ldov, T. Pöschel, M. Engel, H. Löwen, Surfactants and rotelles in active chiral fluids, will be published

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active Brownian motionactive Langevin dynamicsactive micellesactive particlesinertial effectsmicroswimmersmoment of inertiamotility-induced phase separationself-propulsionsoft matter

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Hartmut Löwen

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universität düsseldorf

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