Lattice Boltzmann simulations of soft matter systems

B Dünweg, AJC Ladd - Advanced computer simulation approaches for soft …, 2009 - Springer
This article concerns numerical simulations of the dynamics of particles immersed in a
continuum solvent. As prototypical systems, we consider colloidal dispersions of spherical …

Lattice Boltzmann methods and active fluids

LN Carenza, G Gonnella, A Lamura, G Negro… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
We review the state of the art of active fluids with particular attention to hydrodynamic
continuous models and to the use of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) in this field. We …

ESPResSo 4.0–an extensible software package for simulating soft matter systems

F Weik, R Weeber, K Szuttor, K Breitsprecher… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
ESPResSo is an extensible simulation package for research on soft matter. This versatile
molecular dynamics program was originally developed for coarse-grained simulations of …

Run-and-Tumble Particles with Hydrodynamics:<? format?> Sedimentation, Trap**, and Upstream Swimming

RW Nash, R Adhikari, J Tailleur, ME Cates - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
We simulate by lattice Boltzmann the nonequilibrium steady states of run-and-tumble
particles (inspired by a minimal model of bacteria), interacting by far-field hydrodynamics …

Role of correlations in the collective behavior of microswimmer suspensions

J Stenhammar, C Nardini, RW Nash, D Marenduzzo… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
In this Letter, we study the collective behavior of a large number of self-propelled
microswimmers immersed in a fluid. Using unprecedentedly large-scale lattice Boltzmann …

Lattice-Boltzmann method combined with smoothed-profile method for particulate suspensions

S Jafari, R Yamamoto, M Rahnama - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2011 - APS
We developed a simulation scheme based on the coupling of the lattice-Boltzmann method
with the smoothed-profile method (SPM) to predict the dynamic behavior of colloidal …

Brownian dynamics without Green's functions

S Delong, FB Usabiaga… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We develop a Fluctuating Immersed Boundary (FIB) method for performing Brownian
dynamics simulations of confined particle suspensions. Unlike traditional methods which …

Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid crystalline fluids: active gels and blue phases

ME Cates, O Henrich, D Marenduzzo, K Stratford - Soft Matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Lattice Boltzmann simulations have become the method of choice to solve the hydrodynamic
equations of motion of a number of complex fluids. Here we review some recent applications …

Autonomous motility of active filaments due to spontaneous flow-symmetry breaking

G Jayaraman, S Ramachandran, S Ghose, A Laskar… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We simulate the nonlocal Stokesian hydrodynamics of an elastic filament which is active due
a permanent distribution of stresslets along its contour. A bending instability of an initially …

Do liquid drops roll or slide on inclined surfaces?

SP Thampi, R Adhikari, R Govindarajan - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
We study the motion of a two-dimensional droplet on an inclined surface, under the action of
gravity, using a diffuse interface model which allows for arbitrary equilibrium contact angles …