关键词: 活性物质/
流体动力学/
相变
English Abstract
Hydrodynamic theory of dry active matter
Chen Lei-Ming1.College of Sciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Fund Project:Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11474354).Received Date:05 August 2016
Accepted Date:09 September 2016
Published Online:05 September 2016
Abstract:In this paper we shortly review theoretical progress in the field of active matter, focusing on the continuum theory of dry systems, in which momentum of active particles is not conserved due to the interaction between the particles and a substrate or medium. In particular, we review the phenomenological way of deriving hydrodynamic equations for both polar and apolar systems, and the predictions of these theories such as long-ranged orientational order in two-dimensional polar systems and giant number fluctuations. The comparisons among theoretical predictions, numerical results, and experimental evidence are also summarized.
Keywords: active matter/
hydrodynamics/
phase transitions
