• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 8, 080507-1 (2020)
Ying Zhong and Xia-Qing Shi*
Author Affiliations
  • Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200561 Cite this Article
    Ying Zhong, Xia-Qing Shi. Collective behaviors of self-propelled rods under semi-flexible elastic confinement[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 080507-1 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) The schematic diagram of this system, and the rods are colored according to their angle with respect to the radial direction; (b) the interaction between rods.
    Fig. 1. (a) The schematic diagram of this system, and the rods are colored according to their angle with respect to the radial direction; (b) the interaction between rods.
    The snapshots of three regions with fixed particle number for different noise levels, and, respectively, with (a) , self-propelled particle absorbed ordered region, (b) transient region, and (c) disordered phase. The color represents the radial direction as Fig.1.
    Fig. 2. The snapshots of three regions with fixed particle number for different noise levels, and, respectively, with (a) , self-propelled particle absorbed ordered region, (b) transient region, and (c) disordered phase. The color represents the radial direction as Fig.1.
    Phase diagrams for self-propelled rods in elastic-ring with varying the noise strength and the number of self-propelled rods , and the order parameter corresponding to (a) the radial polarity and (b) the asphericity . We have maximal asphericity in the transition region.
    Fig. 3. Phase diagrams for self-propelled rods in elastic-ring with varying the noise strength and the number of self-propelled rods , and the order parameter corresponding to (a) the radial polarity and (b) the asphericity . We have maximal asphericity in the transition region.
    (a) Phase diagram of the reduced density difference P for self-propelled rods with varying the noise strength and the number of self-propelled rods ; (b) density of central particles, , versus the particle number for different noise strength .
    Fig. 4. (a) Phase diagram of the reduced density difference P for self-propelled rods with varying the noise strength and the number of self-propelled rods ; (b) density of central particles, , versus the particle number for different noise strength .
    Mean-squared displacement(MSD)for the center of mass of particle and elastic ring: (a) Noise levels , , and for ; (b) noise levels for , , and with particle number in the disordered regime.
    Fig. 5. Mean-squared displacement(MSD)for the center of mass of particle and elastic ring: (a) Noise levels , , and for ; (b) noise levels for , , and with particle number in the disordered regime.
    Ying Zhong, Xia-Qing Shi. Collective behaviors of self-propelled rods under semi-flexible elastic confinement[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(8): 080507-1
    Download Citation