Open AccessActive Polymers — Emergent Conformational and Dynamical Properties: A Brief Review
Author(s) -
Roland G. Winkler,
Jens Elgeti,
Gerhard Gompper
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the physical society of japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1347-4073
pISSN - 0031-9015
DOI - 10.7566/jpsj.86.101014
Subject(s) - active matter , non equilibrium thermodynamics , brownian motion , polymer , thermal fluctuations , coupling (piping) , statistical physics , dipole , physics , chemical physics , thermal , classical mechanics , materials science , condensed matter physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , nuclear magnetic resonance , metallurgy , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Active matter exhibits a wealth of emerging nonequilibrium behaviours. A paradigmatic example is the interior of cells, where active components, such as the cytoskeleton, are responsible for its structural organization and the dynamics of the various components. Of particular interest are the properties of polymers and filaments. The intimate coupling of thermal and active noise, hydrodynamic interactions, and polymer conformations implies the emergence of novel structural and dynamical features. In this article, we review recent theoretical and simulation developments and results for the structural and dynamical properties of polymers exposed to activity. Two- and three-dimensional filaments are considered propelled by different mechanisms such as active Brownian particles or hydrodynamically-coupled force dipoles