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Patterns of synchronization in the hydrodynamic coupling of active colloids.

TitlePatterns of synchronization in the hydrodynamic coupling of active colloids.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsCicuta, GM, Onofri, E, Cosentino Lagomarsino, M, Cicuta, P
JournalPhys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
Volume85
Issue1 Pt 2
Pagination016203
Date Published2012 Jan
ISSN1550-2376
Abstract

A system of active colloidal particles driven by harmonic potentials to oscillate about the vertices of a regular polygon, with hydrodynamic coupling between all particles, is described by a piecewise linear model which exhibits various patterns of synchronization. Analytical solutions are obtained for this class of dynamical systems. Depending only on the number of particles, the synchronization occurs into states in which nearest neighbors oscillate in in-phase, antiphase, or phase-locked (time-shifted) trajectories.

DOI10.1103/PhysRevE.85.016203
Alternate JournalPhys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
PubMed ID22400639

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