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Dynamics of Motility-Induced Clusters: Coarsening beyond Ostwald Ripening

Caporusso, Claudio B.
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Cugliandolo, Leticia F.
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Digregorio, Pasquale  
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August 8, 2023
Physical Review Letters

We study the dynamics of clusters of active Brownian disks generated by motility-induced phase separation, by applying an algorithm that we devised to track cluster trajectories. We identify an aggregation mechanism that goes beyond Ostwald ripening but also yields a dynamic exponent characterizing the cluster growth z 1/4 3, in the timescales explored numerically. Clusters of mass M self-propel with enhanced diffusivity D - Pe2/ p . Their fast motion drives aggregation into large fractal structures, which are patchworks of diverse hexatic orders, and coexist with regular, orientationally uniform, smaller ones. To bring out the impact of activity, we perform a comparative study of a passive system that evidences major differences with the active case.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.068201
Web of Science ID

WOS:001052933200003

Author(s)
Caporusso, Claudio B.
Cugliandolo, Leticia F.
Digregorio, Pasquale  
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Levis, Demian
Suma, Antonio
Date Issued

2023-08-08

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

131

Issue

6

Article Number

068201

Subjects

Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Physics

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REVIEWED

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September 11, 2023
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/200610
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