Theory of Reversed Ripening in Active Phase Separating Systems

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Beitragende

  • Jonathan Bauermann - , Harvard University (Autor:in)
  • Giacomo Bartolucci - , Universitat de Barcelona (Autor:in)
  • Christoph A. Weber - , Universität Augsburg (Autor:in)
  • Frank Jülicher - , Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Zentrum für Systembiologie Dresden (CSBD), Exzellenzcluster PoL: Physik des Lebens (Autor:in)

Abstract

The ripening dynamics in passive systems is governed by the theory of Lifshitz-Slyosov-Wagner (LSW). Here, we present an analog theory for reversed ripening in active systems. To derive the dynamic theory for the droplet size distribution, we consider a minimal ternary emulsion with one active reaction, leading to one conserved quantity. Even for cases where single droplets constantly grow, coupling many droplets via the conserved density in the far field leads to a self-organized reversal of ripening and, thus, a monodisperse emulsion. For late times, we find a scaling ansatz leading to the collapse of the rescaled size distributions, different from the LSW theory. This scaling behavior arises from a stable fixed point in the single droplet dynamics and may capture the late-time behavior of many active matter systems exhibiting reversed ripening.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer148201
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang135
Ausgabenummer14
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 3 Okt. 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 41110051

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