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Trapping of Micro Particles in Nanoplasmonic Optical Lattice

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Lattice Boltzmann methods and active fluids.

Livio Nicola Carenza¹, Giuseppe Gonnella², Antonio Lamura³

¹Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, and INFN Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy.

The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter

|June 29, 2019

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

This review explores active fluids using hydrodynamic models and Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM). It covers active fluid thermodynamics, LBM applications for active matter, and recent LBM studies on topics like active turbulence and colloids.

Keywords:

Soft Matter: Polymers and Polyelectrolytes

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Area of Science:

Physics
Soft Matter Physics
Fluid Dynamics

Background:

Active fluids are complex systems exhibiting self-organization and emergent behaviors.
Hydrodynamic continuous models and Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) are key tools for studying active fluids.
Understanding large-scale organization and dynamics in active matter is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in active fluids.
To highlight the application of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) in active fluid dynamics.
To discuss recent advancements in LBM-based research on active matter phenomena.

Main Methods:

Review of hydrodynamic continuous models for active fluids, including liquid crystal analogies and phenomenological models.
Detailed discussion on the implementation of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) for active fluid hydrodynamics.
Application of Chapman-Enskog expansion to recover continuous equations from LBM for simple fluids.

Main Results:

LBM can effectively model the hydrodynamics of simple and complex active fluids.
The review covers LBM applications for phenomena such as spontaneous flow, self-propelled droplets, active emulsions, rheology, active turbulence, and active colloids.
Thermodynamics of active fluids are presented using liquid crystal modeling and other effective models.

Conclusions:

Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) offer a versatile and powerful computational framework for active matter research.
The reviewed topics demonstrate the broad applicability of LBM in understanding diverse active fluid behaviors.
Continued development and application of LBM are expected to drive further discoveries in active matter physics.