6 papers
Designing topological edge currents in chiral active matter
Yuta Kuroda, Ellen Meyberg, Gaurav Gardi +2
Achieving robust functionality in active matter driven away from thermal equilibrium is a current theoretical and experimental challenge. Several recent studies have reported edge…
Impact of currents on non-equilibrium coexistence in chemically driven mixtures
E. Meyberg, J. F. Robinson, T. Speck
Virtually every biological function emerges through the organization of molecules in time and space. Consequently, a major challenge in statistical physics is to uncover the univer…
Mutual Linearity is a Generic Property of Steady-State Markov Networks
Robin Bebon, Thomas Speck
Understanding and predicting how complex systems respond to external perturbations is a central challenge in nonequilibrium statistical physics. Here we consider continuous-time Ma…
Statistics and morphologies of stable droplets in scalar active fluids
Kathrin Hertäg, Kathrin Hertäg, Joshua F. Robinson +1
Conventional phase segregation is controlled by a positive interfacial tension, which implies that the system relaxes towards a state in which the interfacial area (or length) is m…
Negative drag force on beating flagellar-shaped bodies in active fluids
Timo Knippenberg, Robin Bebon, Thomas Speck +1
We experimentally investigate the drag force exerted by a suspension of light-induced active particles (APs) on a translating and beating idealized flagellum-shaped object realized…
Universal limiting behaviour of reaction-diffusion systems with conservation laws
Joshua F. Robinson, Thomas Machon, Thomas Speck
Making sense of complex inhomogeneous systems composed of many interacting species is a grand challenge that pervades basically all natural sciences. Phase separation and pattern f…