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Ostwald-like ripening in the two-dimensional clustering of passive particles induced by swimming bacteria (2302.09010v2)

Published 17 Feb 2023 in cond-mat.soft and physics.bio-ph

Abstract: Clustering passive particles by active agents is a promising route for fabrication of colloidal structures. Here, we report the dynamic clustering of micrometric beads in a suspension of motile bacteria. We characterize the coarsening dynamics for various bead sizes, surface fractions and bacterial concentrations. We show that the time scale $\tau$ for the onset of clustering is governed by the time of first encounter of diffusing beads. At large time ($t \gg \tau$), we observe a robust cluster growth as $t{1/3}$, similar to the Ostwald ripening mechanism. From bead tracking measurements, we extract the short-range bacteria-induced attractive force at the origin of this clustering.

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