Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Aggregation-fragmentation and individual dynamics of active clusters

  • F. Ginot,
  • I. Theurkauff,
  • F. Detcheverry,
  • C. Ybert,
  • C. Cottin-Bizonne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02625-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The cluster phase of active particles is one instance of the propensity of active matter to self-organize. Combining high-statistics experiments on Janus colloids and simple modeling, Ginot et al. provide a thorough characterization of cluster’s size and motion.