Active matter and nonequilibrium statistical physics. Volume 112. : lecture notes of the Les Houches summer school / edited by Gerhard Gompper [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gompper, Gerhard, editor.

Series:

Lecture Notes of the les Houches Summer School

Lecture Notes of the les Houches Summer School ; v.112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

Statistical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (673 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

The topic of the CXII session of the Les Houches Summer School, held in September 2018, was Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, offering a broad introduction to the foundations and modern applications of active matter and nonequilibrium physics.

Contents:

Cover

Titlepage

Copyrihgt

Dedication

Previous sessions

Publishers

List of contributors

Contents

Preface

Part 1 Collective Behaviors in Active-matter Systems

1 Dry, Aligning, Dilute, Active Matter: A Synthetic and Self-contained Overview

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Particle-level Phenomenology of the Three Basic DADAM Classes

1.3 Hydrodynamic Theories for the Three Basic DADAM Classes

1.4 Discussion and Perspectives

2 Why Walking Is Easier Than Pointing: Hydrodynamics of Dry Active Matter

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Dynamical ``Derivation'' of the Mermin-Wagner Theorem

2.3 Formulating the Hydrodynamic Model

2.4 Solving the Hydrodynamic Model

2.5 20-20 Hindsight Handwaving Argument

3 Collective Motion in Active Materials: Model Experiments

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Colloidal Rollers

3.3 Granular Walkers

3.4 Perspectives

4 Features of Interfaced and Confined Experimental Active Nematics

4.1 Active Nematic Free and Under Lateral Confinement

4.2 Free and Laterally Confined Active Nenamtics

5 Phases of Planar Active Matter in Two Dimensions

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Models and Observables

5.3 A Reminder on Phase Transitions

5.4 Equilibrium Phases in Two Dimensions

5.5 Active Systems

5.6 Concluding Remarks

6 Active Field Theories

6.1 Field Theories in Soft Matter

6.2 Active Versus Passive Field Theories

6.3 From Scalar Active Particles to Scalar Field Theory

6.4 Entropy Production in Active Field Theories

6.5 Active Model H

6.6 Active Model B+

6.7 Conclusion and Outlook

Part 2 Passive and Active Colloidal Systems

7 Active Brownian Particles with Programmable Interaction Rules

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Self-propulsion of Active Brownian Particles Induced by Light

7.3 Experimental Realization of Quorum Sensing with ABPS.

7.4 Experimental Results

7.5 Conclusion and Outlook

8 Phoretic Active Matter

8.1 Introduction

8.2 What Is Diffusiophoresis?

8.3 Microscopic Theory of Diffusiophoresis

8.4 Self-diffusiophoresis

8.5 Stochastic Dynamics of Phoretically Active Particles

8.6 Experiments on Self-phoresis

8.7 Apolar Active Colloids: Swarming Due to External Steering

8.8 Mixtures of Apolar Active Colloids: Active Molecules

8.9 Mixtures of Apolar Active Colloids: Stability of Suspensions

8.10 Polar Active Colloids: Moment Expansion

8.11 Polar Active Colloids: Scattering and Orbiting

8.12 Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Active Enzymes

8.13 Phoresis on the Slow Lane: Trail-following Bacteria

8.14 Chemotaxis and Cell Division

8.15 Concluding Remarks

9 Nanotribology of Commensurate and Incommensurate Colloidal Monolayers on Periodic Surfaces

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Topological Excitations in Commensurate and Incommensurate Monolayer

9.3 Vanishing Static Friction: The Aubry Transition

9.4 Conclusion and Outlook

Part 3 From Biophysics to Active Matter

10 Tissues as Active Materials

10.1 Macroscopic and Hydrodynamic Description of Tissues

10.2 Tissue Fluidization by Cell Division

10.3 Active Matter: Active Gel Theory

10.4 Tissues with Nematic Order

10.5 Multicellular Spheroids

10.6 Concluding Remarks

11 Self-organization of Protein Patterns

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Protein Patterns

11.3 Protein Reaction Kinetics

11.4 Spatially Extended Two-component Systems

11.5 The Role of Bulk-boundary Coupling for Membrane Patterns

11.6 Control Space Dynamics

11.7 Conclusions and Outlook

12 Active Materials: Biological Benchmarks and Transport Limitations

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Metabolism: The Activity of Life

12.3 Transport Limitations

12.4 Conclusions.

Part 4 Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: From Passive to Active

13 Modeling the Microscopic Origins of Active Transport

13.1 Out of Equilibrium

13.2 Entropy Production

13.3 Phoretic Transport

13.4 Linear Response Theory

13.5 Rare Events

13.6 Forward-flux Sampling

Appendices

14 Fluctuation-induced Forces In and Out of Equilibrium

14.1 FIF in Equilibrium

14.2 Shape Dependence of FIF

14.3 Role of Boundary Conditions

14.4 Fluctuation-induced Forces (FIF) Out of Equilibrium

15 Active Systems

15.1 Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

15.2 Out of Equilibrium and ``Why Not?'' Questions

15.3 ``Why Not?'' Questions

15.4 Glassy Dynamics and Jamming Transition

15.5 Dense Active Matter

15.6 Oscillatory Drive

16 Forces in Dry Active Matter

16.1 Introduction

16.2 A Short Recap of Different Expressions for Pressure

16.3 The Mechanical Pressure of Noninteracting Self-propelled Particles

16.4 Run-and-tumble Particles (RTPs) in 1D: Nonlocal Steady State and Equation of State

16.5 Momentum and Active Impulse

16.6 Objects Immersed in an Active Bath: Currents and Forces

17 Rheology of Complex and Active Fluids

17.1 Introduction to Rheology

17.2 Continuum Rheological Modeling

17.3 Shear Banding of Complex Fluids

17.4 Active Fluids: Spontaneous Shear Banding and Active Turbulence

17.5 Conclusions.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Tailleur, Julien Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics

ISBN:

0-19-194912-4

0-19-267409-9