Non-Brownian diffusion and chaotic rheology of autophoretic disks
arXiv:2210.07977 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.107.044609
Abstract
The dynamics of a two dimensional autophoretic disk is quantified as a minimal model for the chaotic trajectories undertaken by active droplets. Via direct numerical simulations, we show that the mean-square displacement of the disk in a quiescent fluid is linear at long times. Surprisingly, however, this apparently diffusive behavior is non-Brownian, owing to strong cross-correlations in the displacement tensor. The effect of a shear flow field on the chaotic motion of a 2D autophoretic disk is examined. Here, the stresslet on the disk is chaotic for weak shear flows; a dilute suspension of such disks would exhibit a chaotic shear rheology. This chaotic rheology is quenched first into a periodic state and ultimately a steady state as the flow strength is increased.
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