Thermodynamic phases in two-dimensional active matter

Adapting statistical physics tools to study active systems is challenging due to their non-equilibrium nature. Here the authors use simulations to present a phase diagram of a 2D active system, showing a two-step melting scenario far from equilibrium along with gas-liquid motility-induced phase sepa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Juliane U. Klamser, Sebastian C. Kapfer, Werner Krauth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07491-5