Disorder-mediated crowd control in an active matter system

oleh: Erçağ Pinçe, Sabareesh K. P. Velu, Agnese Callegari, Parviz Elahi, Sylvain Gigan, Giovanni Volpe, Giorgio Volpe

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-03-01

Deskripsi

Many living systems, such as bacterial colonies, exhibit collective and dynamic behaviours that are sensitive to the change in environmental conditions. Here, the authors show that a colloidal active matter system switches between gathering and dispersal of individuals in response to a disordered potential.