3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Exact mean-field phase diagram for self-avoiding active particles in a lattice
Felipe Hawthorne, Cristiano F. Woellner, José A. Freire
We investigate motility-induced phase separation in a lattice gas of self-propelled particles with hard-core exclusion, where an internal director biases particle hopping along the…
cond-mat.soft2025
Role of Translational Noise in Motility-Induced Phase Separation of Hard Active Particles
Felipe Hawthorne, Pablo de Castro, José A. Freire
Self-propelled particles, like motile cells and artificial colloids, can spontaneously form macroscopic clusters. This phenomenon is called motility-induced phase separation (MIPS)…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
Nanoconfined Water Phase Transitions in Infinite Graphene Slits: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Mean-Field Insights
Felipe Hawthorne, VirgÃlia M. S. Neta, José A. Freire +1
Recent experimental and computational studies have demonstrated that nanoconfinement profoundly alters the phase behavior of water, facilitating complex phase transitions at pressu…