Active glasses
LMC Janssen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Active glassy matter has recently emerged as a novel class of non-equilibrium soft matter,
combining energy-driven, active particle movement with dense and disordered glass-like …
combining energy-driven, active particle movement with dense and disordered glass-like …
Dense active matter model of motion patterns in confluent cell monolayers
S Henkes, K Kostanjevec, JM Collinson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Epithelial cell monolayers show remarkable displacement and velocity correlations over
distances of ten or more cell sizes that are reminiscent of supercooled liquids and active …
distances of ten or more cell sizes that are reminiscent of supercooled liquids and active …
Glassy dynamics in dense systems of active particles
L Berthier, E Flenner, G Szamel - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Despite the diversity of materials designated as active matter, virtually all active systems
undergo a form of dynamic arrest when crowding and activity compete, reminiscent of the …
undergo a form of dynamic arrest when crowding and activity compete, reminiscent of the …
Hidden velocity ordering in dense suspensions of self-propelled disks
Recent investigations of the phase diagram of spherical, purely repulsive, active particles
established the existence of a transition from a liquidlike to a solidlike phase analogous to …
established the existence of a transition from a liquidlike to a solidlike phase analogous to …
Extreme active matter at high densities
We study the remarkable behaviour of dense active matter comprising self-propelled
particles at large Péclet numbers, over a range of persistence times, from τ p→ 0, when the …
particles at large Péclet numbers, over a range of persistence times, from τ p→ 0, when the …
Unjamming and emergent nonreciprocity in active ploughing through a compressible viscoelastic fluid
JP Banerjee, R Mandal, DS Banerjee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A dilute suspension of active Brownian particles in a dense compressible viscoelastic fluid,
forms a natural setting to study the emergence of nonreciprocity during a dynamical phase …
forms a natural setting to study the emergence of nonreciprocity during a dynamical phase …
Intermittent relaxation and avalanches in extremely persistent active matter
We use numerical simulations to study the dynamics of dense assemblies of self-propelled
particles in the limit of extremely large, but finite, persistence times. In this limit, the system …
particles in the limit of extremely large, but finite, persistence times. In this limit, the system …
The nonequilibrium glassy dynamics of self-propelled particles
E Flenner, G Szamel, L Berthier - Soft matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the glassy dynamics taking place in dense assemblies of athermal active particles
that are driven solely by a nonequilibrium self-propulsion mechanism. Active forces are …
that are driven solely by a nonequilibrium self-propulsion mechanism. Active forces are …
How active forces influence nonequilibrium glass transitions
L Berthier, E Flenner, G Szamel - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Dense assemblies of self-propelled particles undergo a nonequilibrium form of glassy
dynamics. Physical intuition suggests that increasing departure from equilibrium due to …
dynamics. Physical intuition suggests that increasing departure from equilibrium due to …
A perspective on active glassy dynamics in biological systems
Dynamics is central to living systems. Many experiments in the last two decades have
revealed glassy dynamics in diverse biological systems, showing a transition between a …
revealed glassy dynamics in diverse biological systems, showing a transition between a …