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Microphase Separation in Quorum-Sensing Active Particles with Competing Interactions
Michele Antonioli, Nicoletta Gnan, Claudio Maggi
Standard quorum-sensing models in active matter exhibit collective phenomena such as motility-induced phase separation. Here, we show that incorporating competing sensing ranges--…
Multiple temperatures and melting of a colloidal active crystal
Helena Massana-Cid, Claudio Maggi, Nicoletta Gnan +2
Thermal fluctuations constantly and evenly excite all vibrational modes in an equilibrium crystal. As the temperature rises, these fluctuations promote the formation of defects and…
Thermodynamic limits of sperm swimming precision
C. Maggi, B. Nath, F. Saglimbeni +3
Sperm swimming is crucial to fertilise the egg, in nature and in assisted reproductive technologies. Modelling the sperm dynamics involves elasticity, hydrodynamics, internal activ…
A microfluidic method for passive trapping of sperms in microstructures
Binita Nath, Lorenzo Caprini, Claudio Maggi +5
Sperm motility is a prerequisite for male fertility. Enhancing the concentration of motile sperms in assisted reproductive technologies - for human and animal reproduction - is typ…
Critical active dynamics is captured by a colored-noise driven field theory
Claudio Maggi, Nicoletta Gnan, Matteo Paoluzzi +2
We numerically investigate the correlation function, the response and the breakdown of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem (FDT) in active particles close to the motility-induced c…
Activity-controlled clogging and unclogging of micro-channels
Lorenzo Caprini, Fabio Cecconi, Claudio Maggi +1
We propose a mechanism to control the formation of stable obstructions in two-dimensional micro-channels of variable sections taking advantage of the peculiar clustering property o…