Binary mixtures of active and passive particles on a sphere

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 471 - 4717
• Main Authors: Ai, Bao-quan, Zhou, Bu-yun, Zhang, Xiao-miao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 28.05.2020
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Alignment; Binary mixtures; Cambering; Demixing; Diffusion; Equator; Hemispheres; Particulates; Rotational diffusion

We study the cooperation and segregation dynamics of binary mixtures of active and passive particles on a sphere. According to the competition between rotational diffusion and polar alignment, we find three distinct phases: a mixed phase and two different demixed phases. When rotational diffusion do...