Curran, A., Lee, M.P., Padgett, M.J. , Cooper, J.M. and Di Leonardo, R. (2012) Partial synchronization of stochastic oscillators through hydrodynamic coupling. Physical Review Letters, 108(24), p. 240601. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.240601)
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Abstract
Holographic optical tweezers are used to construct a static bistable optical potential energy landscape where a Brownian particle experiences restoring forces from two nearby optical traps and undergoes thermally activated transitions between the two energy minima. Hydrodynamic coupling between two such systems results in their partial synchronization. This is interpreted as an emergence of higher mobility pathways, along which it is easier to overcome barriers to structural rearrangement.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Padgett, Professor Miles and Cooper, Professor Jonathan and Curran, Dr Arran |
| Authors: | Curran, A., Lee, M.P., Padgett, M.J., Cooper, J.M., and Di Leonardo, R. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Physical Review Letters |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
| Published Online: | 13 June 2012 |
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