Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics - Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 112, September 2018 (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School, 112
Release date:	October 2022
Editors:	Julien Tailleur (Director of Research) • Gerhard Gompper (Professor of Physics) • M. Cristina Marchetti (Professor of Physics) • Julia M. Yeomans (Professor of Physics) • Christophe Salomon (Director of Research at CNRS)
Dimensions:	253 x 175 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	672
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-285831-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics
LSN:	0-19-285831-9
Barcode:	9780192858313

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