Research Projects

Active matter is a growing area of research due to its applications in nanorobots, artificial swimmers, and other self-driven systems. Active matter is a special class of soft matter systems that are driven away from equilibrium, with constituents capable of self-propelled particles. Examples of active matter include bacteria, motile micro-sized organisms, Janus particles, flocks of birds, microrobots, and hexbugs. Modeling and studying these systems using conventional equilibrium statistical mechanics is challenging. standard models like the active Brownian particle (ABP) model, Run and Tumble model, and the active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle (AOUP) model have been successful in investigating the dynamical behavior of active matter particles. However, inertial active dynamics in viscoelastic suspension have received limited attention. This proposal aims to consider inertial active dynamics in viscoelastic suspension and investigate how inertial influence modulates transport behavior in various circumstances. Recent studies have shown that inertial charged active dynamics in a viscoelastic suspension result in memory-induced reentrant behavior and a memory-induced transition from random self propulsion to local circular motion. Further research is planned to investigate inertial dynamics in viscoelastic environments at both individual and collective levels.