The physics of active polymers and filaments

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 153; no. 4; pp. 040901 - 40921
• Main Authors: Winkler, Roland G., Gompper, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Institute of Physics 28.07.2020
• Subjects: Brownian motion; Coupling; Degrees of freedom; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Filaments; Hydrodynamics; Internal energy; Locomotion; Microtubules - chemistry; Molecular Conformation; Molecular motors; Phase separation; Polymers; Polymers - chemistry; Swarming

Active matter agents consume internal energy or extract energy from the environment for locomotion and force generation. Already, rather generic models, such as ensembles of active Brownian particles, exhibit phenomena, which are absent at equilibrium, particularly motility-induced phase separation...