Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Active droploids

  • Jens Grauer,
  • Falko Schmidt,
  • Jesús Pineda,
  • Benjamin Midtvedt,
  • Hartmut Löwen,
  • Giovanni Volpe,
  • Benno Liebchen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26319-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

Read online

Active matter can spontaneously form complex patterns and assemblies via a one-way energy flow from the environment into the system. Here, the authors demonstrate that a two-way coupling, where active particles act back on the environment can give rise to novel superstructures, named as active droploids.