Bidirectional Sorting of Flocking Particles in the Presence of Asymmetric Barriers

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2011-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/1111.0673v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 7 postscript figures

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We numerically demonstrate bidirectional sorting of flocking particles interacting with an array of asymmetric barriers. Each particle aligns with the average swimming direction of its neighbors according to the Vicsek model and experiences additional steric interactions as well as repulsion from the fixed barriers. We show that particles preferentially localize to one side of the barrier array over time, and that the direction of this rectification can be reversed by adjusting the particle-particle exclusion radius or the noise term in the equations of motion. These results provide a conceptual basis for isolation and sorting of single- and multi-cellular organisms which move collectively according to flocking-type interaction rules.

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