Gliding filament system giving both orientational order and clusters in collective motion
arXiv:1806.01049 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.101.032607
Abstract
Active matter consists of self-propelled elements exhibits fascinating collective motions ranging from biological to artificial systems. Among wide varieties of active matter systems, reconstituted bio-filaments moving on molecular motor turf interacting purely by physical interactions provides the fundamental test ground for understanding biological motility. However, until now, multi-filament collisions,depletion agents or binding molecules has been required for the emergence of ordered patterns in motility assay. Thus, whether simple physical interactions during collisions such as steric effect without depletion nor binding agents are sufficient or not for producing ordered patterns in motility assays remains still elusive. In this article, we constructed a motility assay purely consists of kinesin motor and microtubule in which the frequency of binary collision can be controlled without using depletion nor binding agents. By controlling strength of steric interaction and density of microtubules, we found different states; disordered state, long-range orientationally ordered state, liquid-gas-like phase separated state, and transitions between them. We found that a balance between cross over and aligning events in collisions controls transition from disorder to global ordered state, while excessively strong steric effect leads to the phase separated clusters. Furthermore, macroscopic chiral symmetry breaking observed as a global rotation of nematic order observed in this experiment could be attributed to the chirality at molecular level. Numerical simulations in which we change strength of volume exclusion reproduce these experimental results. Moreover, it reveals the transition from long-range alignment to nematic bands then to aggregations. This study may provide new insights into dynamic ordering by self-propelled elements through a purely physical interaction.
arXiv comment18 pages, 11 figures
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