Cluster Phases and Bubbly Phase Separation in Active Fluids: Reversal of the Ostwald Process
It is known that purely repulsive self-propelled colloids can undergo bulk liquid-vapor phase separation. In experiments and large-scale simulations, however, more complex steady states are also seen, comprising a dynamic population of dense clusters in a sea of vapor, or dilute bubbles in a liquid....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031080 |