Optimal Ratchet Potentials for Run-and-Tumble particles

preprint2022arXivOpen access

Abstract

Run-and-Tumble particles, mimicking the behaviour of microorganisms like E. coli, are a paradigmatic model of active matter. Due to self-propulsion, their random and undirected motion can be rectified in a ratchet potential. Using perturbative field theory, we determine the shape of the potential that produces the maximum particle current as a function of the particles' parameters.

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