Self-motile active matter particles form a motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) state for high density and activity. By introducing an infection that causes particles to become nonmotile, MIPS clustering can arise outside the MIPS regime and exhibits time-dependent patterning from MIPS to a wetting phase and a fragmented state.
- Péter Forgács
- András Libál
- Cynthia J. O. Reichhardt