Kinetics of orbitally shaken particles constrained to two dimensions

Journal article (2018)

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Dhananjay Ipparthi Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tijmen Hageman University of Twente, Saarland University
Nicolas Cambier EA 4297 TIMR UTC/ESCOM
Metin Sitti Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Marco Dorigo Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Leon Abelmann Saarland University, University of Twente
Massimo Mastrangeli Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
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22-10-2018

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English

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We present an experimental study of the kinetics of orbitally-shaken, sliding macroscopic particles confined to a two-dimensional space bounded by walls. Discounting the forcing action of the external periodic actuation, the particles undergo a qualitative transition from a ballistic to a diffusive motion regime with time. Despite the deterministic input of kinetic energy provided by the shaker, the particles show translational velocities and diffusivity consistent with a confined random walk model. Such experimental system may therefore represent a suitable macroscopic analog to investigate aspects of molecular dynamics and self-assembly.