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Active buckling of pressurized spherical shells: Monte Carlo simulation

Vipin Agrawal1,2,*, Vikash Pandey1,†, and Dhrubaditya Mitra1,‡

  • 1Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Centre, Fysikum, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

  • *vipin.agrawal@su.se
  • †vikash.pandey@su.se
  • ‡dhruba.mitra@gmail.com
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Phys. Rev. E 108, L032601 – Published 5 September, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.L032601

Abstract

We study the buckling of pressurized spherical shells by Monte Carlo simulations in which the detailed balance is explicitly broken—thereby driving the shell to be active, out of thermal equilibrium. Such a shell typically has either higher (active) or lower (sedate) fluctuations compared to one in thermal equilibrium depending on how the detailed balance is broken. We show that, for the same set of elastic parameters, a shell that is not buckled in thermal equilibrium can be buckled if turned active. Similarly a shell that is buckled in thermal equilibrium can unbuckle if sedated. Based on this result, we suggest that it is possible to experimentally design microscopic elastic shells whose buckling can be optically controlled.

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Phys. Rev. E 108, L032601– Published 5 September, 2023
  • Received 30 June 2022
  • Accepted 6 August 2023
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