Active motion in the microscopic world : how nonequilibrium manifests itself
Lundi 24 mars 2014 14:00
- Duree : 1 heure
Lieu : Conference room - LIPhy - Bât E - 140 Avenue de la Physique - St Martin d’Hères. Accès par interphone, appeler le secrétariat
Orateur : Holger STARK (TU Berlin, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Germany)
Active motion of microorganisms or artificial microswimmers in a fluid at low Reynolds number is an appealing subject which has attracted much attention recently. Since these swimmers move constantly in nonequilibrium, they give rise to novel phenomena which, in
particular, occur when external fields are applied or when they move collectively. The talk reviews three situations how active motion manifests itself. First, a swimmer under Poiseuille flow shows nonlinear dynamics reminiscent of the nonlinear pendulum Bounding
walls introduce "dissipation" [1] and an elliptical cross section of the microchannel leads to chaotic motion. Secondly, I discuss the collective motion of model swimmers, so-called squirmers, in a quasi 2D geometry by means of multi-particle collision dynamics. This is a particle based method to solve the Navier-Stokes equations and helps to elucidate the role of hydrodynamics in collective phenomena. Indeed, we find gas-like and cluster phases as well as phase separation which is strongly influenced by hydrodynamic near-field interactions and the swimmer type. Thirdly, I discuss dynamic clustering of active or self-propelling colloids that interact by diffusiophoresis reminiscent of chemotaxis in bacterial systems.
Contact : aurelien.gourrier@ujf-grenoble.fr
Discipline évènement : (Physique)
Entité organisatrice : (LIPhy)
Nature évènement : (Séminaire)
Evènement répétitif : (Séminaire Mat. Molle/grise)
Site de l'évènement : Domaine Universitaire de St Martin d’Hères
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