3 papers
quant-ph2026
Quantum-enabled active matter at the atomic scale
Sabrina Burgardt, Julian FeÃ, Alexander Guthmann +8
Active matter comprises particles that extract energy from their local environment and convert it into motion. Although active particles have been miniaturized down to the nanoscal…
cond-mat.soft2025
Anomalous grain dynamics and grain locomotion of odd crystals
Zhi-Feng Huang, Michael te Vrugt, Raphael Wittkowski +1
Crystalline or polycrystalline systems governed by odd elastic responses are known to exhibit complex dynamical behaviors involving self-propelled dynamics of topological defects w…
cond-mat.soft2025
Active pattern formation emergent from single-species nonreciprocity
Zhi-Feng Huang, Michael te Vrugt, Jonas Mayer Martins +2
Nonreciprocal interactions violating Newton's third law are common in a plethora of nonequilibrium situations ranging from predator-prey systems to the swarming of birds and effect…