Active crystals on a sphere

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Abstract

Two-dimensional crystals on curved manifolds exhibit nontrivial defect structures. Here we consider "active crystals" on a sphere, which are composed of self-propelled colloidal particles. Our work is based on a phase-field-crystal-type model that involves a density and a polarization field on the sphere. Depending on the strength of the self-propulsion, three different types of crystals are found: a static crystal, a self-spinning "vortex-vortex" crystal containing two vortical poles of the local velocity, and a self-translating "source-sink" crystal with a source pole where crystallization occurs and a sink pole where the active crystal melts. These different crystalline states as well as their defects are studied theoretically here and can in principle be confirmed in experiments.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)052615
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review E
Jahrgang97
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 24 Mai 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Scopus 85047780948

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