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SUMMARY:Collective Dynamics in Non-Equilibrium Fluids - Professor Robert J
 ack\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Lisa Masters
DESCRIPTION:We consider fluids composed of mesoscopic particles such as co
 lloids or bacteria\, driven away from equilibrium either by external field
 s or by self-propulsion of individual particles.  Such systems support ric
 h collective phenomena including phase separation\, lane formation\, and f
 locking.  A natural expectation is that such states can be characterised b
 y suitably extending ideas from equilibrium statistical mechanics\, and th
 eories of equilibrium phases.  I will describe ongoing efforts in this dir
 ection\, illustrated with examples [1\,2\,3].  I will explain the how the 
 rate of entropy production [4] can be used to quantify the distance from e
 quilibrium in these systems.\n\n[1] F Turci\, RL Jack\, and NB Wilding\, a
 rXiv:2310.07531.\n[2] T Agranov\, RL Jack\, ME Cates and E Fodor\, arXiv:2
 401.09901.\n[3] H Yu and RL Jack\, arXiv:2305.05990.\n[4] E Fodor\, RL Jac
 k\, and ME Cates\, Ann. Rev. Cond. Matt. Phys. 13\, 215 (2022)
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
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