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Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics

Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 112, September 2018

Christophe Salomon editor Julien Tailleur editor Gerhard Gompper editor M Cristina Marchetti editor Julia M Yeomans editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:1st Nov '22

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From molecular motors to bacteria, from crawling cells to large animals, active entities are found at all scales in the biological world. Active matter encompasses systems whose individual constituents irreversibly dissipate energy to exert self-propelling forces on their environment. Over the past twenty years, scientists have managed to engineer synthetic active particles in the lab, paving the way towards smart active materials. This book gathers a pedagogical set of lecture notes that cover topics in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and active matter. These lecture notes stem from the first summer school on Active Matter delivered at the Les Houches school of Physics. The lectures covered four main research directions: collective behaviours in active-matter systems, passive and active colloidal systems, biophysics and active matter, and nonequilibrium statistical physics—from passive to active.

ISBN: 9780192858313

Dimensions: 253mm x 175mm x 39mm

Weight: 1368g

666 pages