Diversity of phase transitions and phase separations in active fluids
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Author(s)
Bertrand, Thibault
Lee, Chiu Fan
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Active matter is not only indispensable to our understanding of diverse biological processes, but also provides a fertile ground for discovering novel physics. Many emergent properties impossible for equilibrium systems have been demonstrated in active systems. These emergent features include motility-induced phase separation, a long-ranged ordered (collective motion) phase in two dimensions, and order-disorder phase coexistences (banding and reverse-banding regimes). Here, we unify these diverse phase transitions and phase coexistences into a single formulation based on generic hydrodynamic equations for active fluids. We also reveal a novel comoving coexistence phase and a multicritical point.
Date Issued
2022-05-25
Date Acceptance
2022-05-10
Citation
Physical Review Research, 2022, 4 (2)
ISSN
2643-1564
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Research
Volume
4
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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Subjects
cond-mat.soft
cond-mat.soft
physics.bio-ph
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN L022046