Clustering of quorum sensing colloidal particles

: We propose a simple model of colloidal suspension, whereby individual particles change their di ff usivity from high (hot) to low (cold), as the local concentration of their closest peers grows larger than a certain threshold. Such a non-reciprocal interactive mechanism is known in biology as quorum sensing. Upon tuning the parameters of the adopted quorum sensing protocol, the suspension is numerically shown to go through a variety of two-phase (hot and cold) configurations. This is an archetypal model with potential applications in robotics and social studies.

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  2024

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  National Science Open

• Publication date

  2024-02-01

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  DOI 10.1360/nso/20230081
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