Nonequilibrium phase behavior from minimization of free power dissipation
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Krinninger, Philip
Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
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Schmidt, Matthias
Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
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Brader, Joseph M.
Soft Matter Theory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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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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Physics
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/305262
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