Abstract

Ramin Golestanian

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford

Broken action-reaction symmetry has been recently explored in active matter in the context of nonequilibrium phoretic interactions between catalytically active colloids and enzymes [1], and shown to lead formation of self-propelled active molecules that break time-reversal symmetry [2], oscillating active complexes that break time-translation symmetry [3], chiral bound-states [4], and active phase separation with specified stoichiometry [5, 6]. Non-reciprocal interactions have been found to lead to rich physical phenomena involving various forms of spontaneous symmetry-breaking in other related nonequilibrium contexts [7, 8]. Recent applications of non-reciprocal active matter have revealed exotic behaviour such as the appearance of effervescent travelling patterns [9] and shape-shifting multifarious self-organization [10], spontaneous escape of kinetic barriers [11], dynamical pattern formation in quorum-sensing active matter [12], as well as implications of the physics of non-reciprocal interactions on the origin of life [13,14,15].

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[3] R. Soto and R. Golestanian, PRE 91 , 052304 (2015)

[4] S. Saha, S. Ramaswamy, and R. Golestanian, NJP 21 , 063006 (2019)

[5] J. Agudo-Canalejo and R. Golestanian, PRL 123 , 018101 (2019)

[6] V. Ouazan-Reboul, J. Agudo-Canalejo, and R. Golestanian, EPJE 44 , 113 (2021)

[7] N. Uchida and R. Golestanian, PRL 104 , 178103 (2010)

[8] S. Saha, J. Agudo-Canalejo, and R. Golestanian, PRX 10 , 041009 (2020)

[9] S. Saha and R. Golestanian, arXiv:2208.14985 (2022)

[10] S. Osat and R. Golestanian, Nature Nanotechnology 18, 79 (2023)

[11] S. Osat, J. Metson, M. Kardar, and R. Golestanian, arXiv:2309.00562 (2023)

[12] Y. Duan, J. Agudo-Canalejo, R. Golestanian, and B. Mahault, arXiv:2306.07904 (2023)

[13] V. Ouazan-Reboul, J. Agudo-Canalejo, and R. Golestanian, Nat. Commun. 14, 4496 (2023)

[14] V. Ouazan-Reboul, R. Golestanian, and J. Agudo-Canalejo, PRL 131 , 128301 (2023)

[15] V. Ouazan-Reboul, R. Golestanian, and J. Agudo-Canalejo, arXiv:2305.05472 (2023)