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Run-and-tumble particles in speckle fields

2014; IOP Publishing; Volume: 26; Issue: 37 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0953-8984/26/37/375101

1361-648X

Matteo Paoluzzi, Roberto Di Leonardo, L. Angelani,

Micro and Nano Robotics

The random energy landscapes developed by speckle fields can be used to confine and manipulate a large number of micro-particles with a single laser beam. By means of molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate the static and dynamic properties of an active suspension of swimming bacteria embedded into speckle patterns. Looking at the correlation of the density fluctuations and the equilibrium density profiles, we observe a crossover phenomenon when the forces exerted by the speckles are equal to the bacteria's propulsion.