Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Escape dynamics of active particles in multistable potentials

  • A. Militaru,
  • M. Innerbichler,
  • M. Frimmer,
  • F. Tebbenjohanns,
  • L. Novotny,
  • C. Dellago

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22647-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The famous Kramers turnover describes the extent of friction at which the transition rate of a small particle trapped in a bistable potential becomes a maximum. Militaru et al. present a version of this phenomenon pertaining to active colloids driven by non-conservative forces.