Role of cohesion in the flow of active particles through bottlenecks

Abstract We experimentally and numerically study the flow of programmable active particles (APs) with tunable cohesion strength through geometric constrictions. Similar to purely repulsive granular systems, we observe an exponential distribution of burst sizes and power-law-distributed clogging dura...

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Main Authors: Timo Knippenberg, Anton Lüders, Celia Lozano, Peter Nielaba, Clemens Bechinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15577-w