Driven chemical reactions can control the macroscopic properties of droplets, like their size.
Such active droplets are critical in structuring the interior of biological cells. Cells also need …

In phase-separated active fluids, the Ostwald process can go into reverse, leading to either
microphase separation or bubbly phase separation. We show that the latter is formed of two …

Nonreciprocal interactions are commonplace in continuum-level descriptions of both
biological and synthetic active matter, yet studies addressing their implications for time …

Nonreciprocal interactions are present in many systems out of equilibrium. The rate of
entropy production is a measure that quantifies the time irreversibility of a system, and thus …

In active systems, whose constituents have non-equilibrium dynamics at local level, fluid-
fluid phase separation is widely observed. Examples include the formation of membraneless …

Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) has become one of the central
modeling approaches in nonequilibrium soft matter physics. Recent years have seen the …

Biological cells have the ability to switch internal states depending on the density of other
cells in their local environment, referred to as “quorum sensing.” The latter can be utilized to …

Stochastic interactions generically enhance self-diffusivity in living and biological systems,
eg optimizing navigation strategies and controlling material properties of cellular tissues and …

The self-assembly of biological membraneless organelles can be mimicked by active
droplets resulting from chemically fueled microphase separation. However, how the …

Static nonreciprocal forces between particles generically drive persistent motion reminiscent
of self-propulsion. Here, we demonstrate that reciprocity-breaking fluctuations about a …