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Hydrodynamics of Tunable Janus Particles

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Abstract

We use a model recently developed for the many-body hydrodynamics of amphiphilic Janus particles (JPs) under a viscous background flow to investigate distinct particle phases that arise when accounting for asymmetric and polar hydrophobes. We quantify the macroscopic properties of novel JP phases under a linear shear and a Taylor-Green mixing background flow and quantify their macroscopic, complex-fluid behavior. These numerical results provide insight into dynamic control of non-equilibrium active biological systems with similar self-organization.

Publication: Szu-Pei Fu, Rolf Ryham, Bryan Quaife, and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids 8, 050501

Presenters

  • Szu-Pei Fu

    Farmingdale State College

Authors

  • Szu-Pei Fu

    Farmingdale State College

  • Rolf J Ryham

    Fordham University

  • Bryan Quaife

    Florida State University

  • Yuan-Nan Young

    New Jersey Inst of Tech, New Jersey Institute of Technology