Interparticle Torques Suppress Motility-Induced Phase Separation For Rodlike Particles
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS(2019)
Abstract
To study the role of torque in motility-induced phase separation (MIPS), we simulate a system of self-propelled particles whose shape varies smoothly from isotropic (disks/spheres) to weakly elongated (rods). We construct the phase diagrams of 2D active disks, 3D active spheres, and 2D/3D active rods of aspect ratio 11 = 2. A stability analysis of the homogeneous isotropic phase allows us to predict the onset of MIPS based on the effective swimming speed and rotational diffusion of the particles. Both methods find suppression of IvIIPS as the particle shape is elongated. We propose a suppression mechanism based on the duration of collisions and argue that this mechanism can explain both the suppression of MIPS found here for rodlike particles and the enhancement of MIPS found for particles with Vicsek interactions. Published under license by AIP Publishing.
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Microscale Self-Assembly
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