ArticleNature communications2016
Elasticity-induced force reversal between active spinning particles in dense passive media.
Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Active Particles in Tunable Compressible Environments.Small science · 2026Article
- Emergent Synchronization and Self-Organization of Autonomous Nanospinners.Nano letters · 2026Article
- Optimal Chirality Enhances Long-Range Fluctuation-Induced Interactions in Active Fluids.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Nonequilibrium fluctuations of lipid membranes by the rotating motor protein FProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Fluctuation spectra and force generation in nonequilibrium systems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Spatiotemporal order and emergent edge currents in active spinner materials.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
- Emergent ultra-long-range interactions between active particles in hybrid active-inactive systems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016Article
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Abstract
The self-organization of active particles is governed by their dynamic effective interactions. Such interactions are controlled by the medium in which such active agents reside. Here we study the interactions between active agents in a dense non-active medium. Our system consists of actuated, spinning, active particles embedded in a dense monolayer of passive, or non-active, particles. We demonstrate that the presence of the passive monolayer alters markedly the properties of the system and results in a reversal of the forces between active spinning particles from repulsive to attractive. The origin of such reversal is due to the coupling between the active stresses and elasticity of the system. This discovery provides a mechanism for the interaction between active agents in complex and structured media, opening up opportunities to tune the interaction range and directionality via the mechanical properties of the medium.
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