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Equation of state for the edge flow of chiral colloidal fluids

Jessica Metzger, Cory Hargus, Julien Tailleur, and Frédéric van Wijland

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 23 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/t1pn-7fkr

Abstract

We explore the edge flows that emerge at boundaries in nonequilibrium passive and active chiral colloidal fluids. We show that these complex interfacial currents obey an equation of state that relates their fluxes to bulk observables. For confined fluids, the edge flux is given by the average odd stress in the fluid. In phase-separated systems, the flux along the interface is given by the jump of the odd stress across the interface. We then use the equation of state to reveal, and contrast, the microscopic origins of the edge currents in passive and active systems.

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