3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Steering Active-Colloid Assembly by Biasing Dissipation
Chaoqun Du, Zhiyu Cao, Zhonghuai Hou
Complex nonequilibrium self-assembly enables the formation of materials with specific patterns and functions from the bottom up. How to directionally control the assembly to form t…
quant-ph2025
Noise-induced Quantum Mpemba effect
Mingrui Zhao, Zhonghuai Hou
The quantum Mpemba effect (QMPE), an intriguing anomalous relaxation phenomenon, has recently attracted significant attention. However, how various types of noise, which are ubiqui…
cond-mat.soft2023
Effective diffusion of a tracer in active bath: a path-integral approach
Mengkai Feng, Zhonghuai Hou
We investigate the effective diffusion of a tracer immersed in an active particle bath consisting of self-propelled particles. Utilising the Dean's method developed for the equilib…