Longitudinal diffusion of chiral active Brownian swimmers confined in narrow channels

Authors

  • James N. Vance National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Jose Perico H. Esguerra National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We study the diffusion of a self-propelling chiral active microswimmer that is subjected to thermal fluctuations and confined in a narrow channel. We apply a Smoluchowski equation approach and obtain a spatially-dependent effective diffusion coefficient. Finally, we apply this approach to two specific channel geometries and determine the effect of confinement and chirality on the swimmer's diffusivity.

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Article ID

SPP-2015-5C-02

Section

Theoretical and Computational Physics

Published

2015-06-03

How to Cite

[1]
JN Vance and JPH Esguerra, Longitudinal diffusion of chiral active Brownian swimmers confined in narrow channels, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 33, SPP-2015-5C-02 (2015). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/1153.