Seminar by Rajarshi Chakrabarti

Seminar

Dynamic clustering of active colloidal rings

Speaker: Rajarshi Chakrabarti (IIT, Bombay)

तिथि और समय
कार्यक्रम का स्थान
Library Block Lecture Hall

अमूर्त

Living systems are spectacular examples of spatiotemporally organized structures, and the motion of such entities features a multitude of novel and fascinating phenomena which are not attainable by the equilibrium counterpart [1, 2]. To understand the motion of active shapedeforming agents A collection of rings made of active Brownian particles (ABPs) [3, 4] for different packing fractions and activities is investigated using computer simulations. We show that active rings display a novel dynamic clustering [5] instead of the conventional motilityinduced phase separation (MIPS) [6] as observed in case of collection of ABPs. Surprisingly, increasing packing fraction of rings exhibits a non-monotonicity in the dynamics due to the formation of a large number of small clusters. The conformational fluctuations of the polymers suppress the usual MIPS exhibited by ABPs. This demonstrates a complex interplay between activity, topology, and connectivity.