Active Brownian particles at interfaces: An effective equilibrium approach
arXiv:1702.00656 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/114/68004
Abstract
A simple theoretical approach is used to investigate active colloids at the free interface and near repulsive substrates. We employ dynamical density functional theory to determine the steady-state density profiles in an effective equilibrium system [Farage et al., Phys. Rev. E, 91 (2015) 042310]. In addition to the known accumulation at surfaces, we predict wetting and drying transitions at a flat repulsive wall and capillary condensation and evaporation in a slit pore. These new phenomena are closely related to the motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) in the bulk.
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