skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Aging and rejuvenation of active matter under topological constraints

Journal Article · · Scientific Reports
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Heinrich-Heine Univ. Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf (Germany); Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Heinrich-Heine Univ. Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf (Germany)

The coupling of active, self-motile particles to topological constraints can give rise to novel nonequilibrium dynamical patterns that lack any passive counterpart. Here we study the behavior of self-propelled rods confined to a compact spherical manifold by means of Brownian dynamics simulations. We establish the state diagram and find that short active rods at sufficiently high density exhibit a glass transition toward a disordered state characterized by persistent self-spinning motion. By periodically melting and revitrifying the spherical spinning glass, we observe clear signatures of time-dependent aging and rejuvenation physics. We quantify the crucial role of activity in these nonequilibrium processes, and rationalize the aging dynamics in terms of an absorbing-state transition toward a more stable active glassy state. In conclusion, our results demonstrate both how concepts of passive glass phenomenology can carry over into the realm of active matter, and how topology can enrich the collective spatiotemporal dynamics in inherently non-equilibrium systems.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
German Research Foundation (DFG); Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1375805
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 37 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (88)

New class of turbulence in active fluids journal November 2015
Hydrodynamics of soft active matter journal July 2013
Dynamic structure of active nematic shells journal November 2016
Distortion and destruction of colloidal flocks in disordered environments journal October 2016
Emergence of macroscopic directed motion in populations of motile colloids journal November 2013
Theoretical perspective on the glass transition and amorphous materials journal June 2011
Collective Motion of Swarming Agents Evolving on a Sphere Manifold: A Fundamental Framework and Characterization journal September 2015
Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids journal August 2012
Acoustic trapping of active matter journal March 2016
A review of nonlinear oscillatory shear tests: Analysis and application of large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) journal December 2011
A Topographic View of Supercooled Liquids and Glass Formation journal March 1995
Dynamical Clustering and Phase Separation in Suspensions of Self-Propelled Colloidal Particles journal June 2013
A density-independent rigidity transition in biological tissues journal September 2015
Theory for the dynamics of dense systems of athermal self-propelled particles journal January 2016
Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis journal June 2010
Tuning the Fragility of a Glass-Forming Liquid by Curving Space journal October 2008
Aging as dynamics in configuration space journal March 2000
Orientational order at finite temperature on curved surfaces journal March 2016
Boundaries can steer active Janus spheres journal December 2015
Frustrated nematic order in spherical geometries journal February 2011
Perspective: The glass transition journal March 2013
Glass-like dynamics of collective cell migration journal February 2011
Self-driven jamming in growing microbial populations journal May 2016
Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments journal November 2016
Targeted delivery of colloids by swimming bacteria journal October 2013
Vortex formation and dynamics of defects in active nematic shells journal October 2017
Long-Lived Giant Number Fluctuations in a Swarming Granular Nematic journal July 2007
Physics of microswimmers—single particle motion and collective behavior: a review journal April 2015
The role of local structure in dynamical arrest journal February 2015
Particles on curved surfaces: A dynamic approach by a phase-field-crystal model journal February 2010
Using 20-million-year-old amber to test the super-Arrhenius behaviour of glass-forming systems journal April 2013
Topology and dynamics of active nematic vesicles journal September 2014
Rejuvenation of metallic glasses by non-affine thermal strain journal August 2015
Random organization in periodically driven systems journal March 2008
Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers journal February 2016
Nonequilibrium Glassy Dynamics of Self-Propelled Hard Disks journal June 2014
Reconstruction of Zebrafish Early Embryonic Development by Scanned Light Sheet Microscopy journal October 2008
Comparison of theories for the translational and rotational diffusion coefficients of rod‐like macromolecules. Application to short DNA fragments journal August 1984
Collective Motion of Spherical Bacteria journal December 2013
Supercooled liquids and the glass transition journal March 2001
Clonal analysis of patterns of growth, stem cell activity, and cell movement during the development and maintenance of the murine corneal epithelium journal July 2002
Reentrance in an active glass mixture journal January 2014
Active swarms on a sphere journal February 2015
Fractionalization of interstitials in curved colloidal crystals journal September 2012
Pleats in crystals on curved surfaces journal December 2010
Structure and Dynamics of a Phase-Separating Active Colloidal Fluid journal January 2013
Self-propelled rods exhibit a phase-separated state characterized by the presence of active stresses and the ejection of polar clusters journal July 2015
Curvature-controlled defect dynamics in active systems journal June 2017
Plastic flow and the skyrmion Hall effect journal February 2020
Acoustic trapping of active matter text January 2016
Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids text January 2012
Structure and Dynamics of a Phase-Separating Active Colloidal Fluid journal January 2013
Fidelity of adaptive phototaxis text January 2010
Tuning the fragility of a glassforming liquid by curving space text January 2008
Particles on curved surfaces - a dynamic approach by a phase field crystal model text January 2009
Theoretical perspective on the glass transition and amorphous materials text January 2010
Active Jamming: Self-propelled soft particles at high density text January 2011
Dynamical clustering and phase separation in suspensions of self-propelled colloidal particles text January 2013
Nonequilibrium glassy dynamics of self-propelled hard disks text January 2013
Fractionalization of Interstitials in Curved Colloidal Crystals text January 2013
The role of local structure in dynamical arrest text January 2014
Active swarms on a sphere text January 2014
Topology and Dynamics of Active Nematic Vesicles text January 2014
Orientational order at finite temperature on undulated surfaces text January 2015
Glassy Dynamics of Brownian Particles with Velocity-Dependent Friction text January 2016
Distortion and destruction of colloidal flocks in disordered environments text January 2016
Long-lived Giant Number Fluctuations in a Swarming Granular Nematic text January 2006
Aging as dynamics in configuration space text January 1999
Emergent states in dense systems of active rods: from swarming to turbulence journal October 2012
Emergent behavior in active colloids journal May 2016
Hidden structure in liquids journal February 1982
Active jamming: Self-propelled soft particles at high density journal October 2011
Glassy dynamics of athermal self-propelled particles: Computer simulations and a nonequilibrium microscopic theory journal June 2015
Glassy dynamics of Brownian particles with velocity-dependent friction journal September 2016
Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Run-and-Tumble Bacteria journal May 2008
Athermal Phase Separation of Self-Propelled Particles with No Alignment journal June 2012
Encoding of Memory in Sheared Amorphous Solids journal January 2014
Solid Surface Shape and the Alignment of an Adjacent Nematic Liquid Crystal journal June 1972
Novel Type of Phase Transition in a System of Self-Driven Particles journal August 1995
Rejuvenation and Overaging in a Colloidal Glass under Shear journal July 2002
Geometry and Topology of Turbulence in Active Nematics journal July 2015
Active Brownian particles: From individual to collective stochastic dynamics journal March 2012
A geometric approach to self-propelled motion in isotropic & anisotropic environments journal July 2015
Dynamics and rheology of active glasses preprint January 2014
Physics of Microswimmers - Single Particle Motion and Collective Behavior text January 2014
A theory for the dynamics of dense systems of athermal self-propelled particles text January 2015
Active Particles on Curved Surfaces preprint January 2016
Vortex formation and dynamics of defects in shells of active nematics text January 2016

Cited By (17)

One-dimensional displacement of active matter on curved substrates journal January 2020
Multicomponent flow on curved surfaces: A vielbein lattice Boltzmann approach journal December 2019
Anomalous Chained Turbulence in Actively Driven Flows on Spheres journal April 2018
Active topological glass journal January 2020
Collective transport of polar active particles on the surface of a corrugated tube journal September 2019
Active matter on Riemannian manifolds journal January 2018
On the emergence of large and complex memory effects in nonequilibrium fluids journal March 2019
Mode-Coupling Theory of the Glass Transition: A Primer journal October 2018
Dynamical patterns in nematic active matter on a sphere journal April 2018
Multi-species dynamical density functional theory for microswimmers: Derivation, orientational ordering, trapping potentials, and shear cells journal August 2019
Active crystals on a sphere journal May 2018
Length segregation in mixtures of spherocylinders induced by imposed topological defects journal January 2018
Active glasses journal September 2019
Active crystals on a sphere text January 2018
On the emergence of large and complex memory effects in nonequilibrium fluids text January 2018
Multi-species dynamical density functional theory for microswimmers: derivation, orientational ordering, trapping potentials, and shear cells text January 2019
Multicomponent Flow on Curved Surfaces: A Vielbein Lattice Boltzmann Approach text January 2019

Similar Records

Active particles in complex and crowded environments
Journal Article · Wed Nov 23 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Reviews of Modern Physics · OSTI ID:1375805

Theory of Aging, Rejuvenation, and the Nonequilibrium Steady State in Deformed Polymer Glasses
Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review E · OSTI ID:1375805

Structural dynamics and rejuvenation during cryogenic cycling in a Zr-based metallic glass
Journal Article · Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Acta Materialia · OSTI ID:1375805

Related Subjects