Scattered waves fuel emergent activity

Active matter taps into external energy sources to power its own processes. Systems of passive particles ordinarily lack this capacity, but can become active if the constituent particles interact with each other nonreciprocally. By reformulating the theory of classical wave-matter interactions, we d...

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Main Authors: Ella M. King, Mia C. Morrell, Jacqueline B. Sustiel, Matthew Gronert, Hayden Pastor, David G. Grier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2025-01-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013055
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