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@ARTICLE{Theers:856922,
author = {Theers, Mario and Westphal, Elmar and Qi, Kai and Winkler,
Roland G. and Gompper, Gerhard},
title = {{C}lustering of microswimmers: interplay of shape and
hydrodynamics},
journal = {Soft matter},
volume = {14},
number = {42},
issn = {1744-6848},
address = {London},
publisher = {Royal Soc. of Chemistry},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-06249},
pages = {8590 - 8603},
year = {2018},
abstract = {The spatiotemporal dynamics in systems of active
self-propelled particles is controlled by the propulsion
mechanism in combination with various direct interactions,
such as steric repulsion and hydrodynamics. These direct
interactions are typically anisotropic, and come in
different “flavors”, such as spherical and elongated
particle shapes, pusher and puller flow fields, etc. The
combination of the various aspects is expected to lead to
new emergent behavior. However, it is a priori not evident
whether shape and hydrodynamics act synergistically or
antagonistically to generate motility-induced clustering
(MIC) and phase separation (MIPS). We employ a model of
prolate spheroidal microswimmers—called squirmers—in
quasi-two-dimensional confinement to address this issue by
mesoscale hydrodynamic simulations. For comparison,
non-hydrodynamic active Brownian particles (ABPs) are
considered to elucidate the contribution of hydrodynamic
interactions. For spherical particles, the comparison
between ABPs and hydrodynamic-squirmer ensembles reveals a
suppression of MIPS due to hydrodynamic interactions. Yet,
our analysis shows that dynamic clusters exist, with a broad
size distribution. The fundamental difference between ABPs
and squirmers is attributed to an increased reorientation of
squirmers by hydrodynamic torques during their collisions.
In contrast, for elongated squirmers, hydrodynamics
interactions enhance MIPS. The transition to a
phase-separated state strongly depends on the nature of the
swimmer's flow field—with an increased tendency toward
MIPS for pullers, and a reduced tendency for pushers. Thus,
hydrodynamic interactions show opposing effects on MIPS for
spherical and elongated microswimmers, and details of the
propulsion mechanism of biological microswimmers may be very
important to determine their collective behavior.},
cin = {IAS-2 / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-2-20090406 / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {553 - Physical Basis of Diseases (POF3-553) / Collective
Dynamics of Microswimmers $(jias21_20171101)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-553 / $G:(DE-Juel1)jias21_20171101$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:30339172},
UT = {WOS:000448948800012},
doi = {10.1039/C8SM01390J},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/856922},
}