Active Matter Ratchets with an External Drift
arXiv:1308.3741 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.88.062310
Abstract
When active matter particles such as swimming bacteria are placed in an asymmetric array of funnels, it has been shown that a ratchet effect can occur even in the absence of an external drive. Here we examine active ratchets for two dimensional arrays of funnels or L-shapes where there is also an externally applied dc drive or drift. We show that for certain conditions, the ratchet effect can be strongly enhanced, and that it is possible to have conditions under which run-and-tumble particles with one run length move in the opposite direction from particles with a different run length. For the arrays of L-shapes, we find that the application of a drift force can enhance a transverse rectification in the direction perpendicular to the drift. When particle-particle steric interactions are included, we find that the ratchet effects can be either enhanced or suppressed depending on barrier geometry, particle run length, and particle density.
9 pages, 12 postscript figures
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