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Nonequilibrium phase behavior from minimization of free power dissipation

  • Krinninger, Philip Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
  • Schmidt, Matthias Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
  • Brader, Joseph M. Soft Matter Theory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
    11.11.2016
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  • Physical Review Letters. - 2016, vol. 117, no. 20, p. 208003
English We develop a general theory for describing phase coexistence between nonequilibrium steady states in Brownian systems, based on power functional theory [M. Schmidt and J. M. Brader, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 214101 (2013)]. We apply the framework to the special case of fluid-fluid phase separation of active soft sphere swimmers. The central object of the theory, the dissipated free power, is calculated via computer simulations and compared to a simple analytical approximation. The theory describes well the simulation data and predicts motility-induced phase separation due to avoidance of dissipative clusters.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Département de Physique
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  • English
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Physics
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