Chemotactic and hydrodynamic effects on collective dynamics of self-diffusiophoretic Janus motors
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Publication:6204493
DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA958CarXiv1707.09459MaRDI QIDQ6204493FDOQ6204493
Authors: Mu-Jie Huang, Jeremy Schofield, Raymond Kapral 
Publication date: 28 March 2024
Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Collective motion in nonequilibrium steady state suspensions of self-propelled Janus motors driven by chemical reactions can arise due to interactions coming from direct intermolecular forces, hydrodynamic flow effects, or chemotactic effects mediated by chemical gradients. The relative importance of these interactions depends on the reactive characteristics of the motors, the way in which the system is maintained in a steady state, and properties of the suspension, such as the volume fraction. From simulations of a microscopic hard collision model for the interaction of fluid particles with the Janus motor we show that dynamic cluster states exist and determine the interaction mechanisms that are responsible for their formation. The relative importance of chemotactic and hydrodynamic effects is identified by considering a microscopic model in which chemotactic effects are turned off while the full hydrodynamic interactions are retained. The system is maintained in a steady state by means of a bulk reaction in which product particles are reconverted into fuel particles. The influence of the bulk reaction rate on the collective dynamics is also studied.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09459
Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)
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