03096nam 22005655 450 991084229660332120240305163349.0978303152577310.1007/978-3-031-52577-3(CKB)30597567300041(MiAaPQ)EBC31201062(Au-PeEL)EBL31201062(DE-He213)978-3-031-52577-3(EXLCZ)993059756730004120240228d2024 u| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOptimal Navigation in Active Matter /by Lorenzo Piro1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2024.1 online resource (131 pages)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-50619783031525766 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Optimal navigation strategies for active particles on curved surfaces -- Efficiency of navigation strategies for active particles in rugged landscapes -- Optimal navigation in complex and noisy environments -- Towards a more realistic description of optimal navigation.Efficient navigation in terms of travel time and energy dissipation is of crucial importance for biological micro-swimmers. The design of optimally navigating artificial swimmers also has potentially valuable applications such as targeted drug delivery, which has become an increasingly realistic perspective due to the recent progress in the experimental realization of controllable microswimmers able to perform nontrivial tasks. Despite recent theoretical progress, the field still faces open challenges, notably in describing navigation problems that take into account the complexities of the world of microswimmers. This book presents a selection of works on the problem of optimal microswimmer navigation that represent a significant advance in this direction. The material in this book provides important insights into how efficient navigation may be achieved in the presence of curved space geometry, confining forces and flows, as well as thermal fluctuations. Finally, the energetic cost of navigation is addressed via a new formulation of the problem that accounts for the swimmer body geometry.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5061System theoryMaterials scienceMolecular dynamicsComplex SystemsMaterials ScienceMolecular DynamicsSystem theory.Materials science.Molecular dynamics.Complex Systems.Materials Science.Molecular Dynamics.519.3Piro Lorenzo1732674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910842296603321Optimal Navigation in Active Matter4147005UNINA