PRESENTATION

Chargé de recherche au CNRS

Tour 12/13 - 5ème étage, bureau 516 (campus Jussieu)
Tél: 01 44 27 84 26
alexandre.solon(at)sorbonne-universite.fr

Research interests: nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, active matter, cell motility, stochastic thermodynamics
 

PRESENTATION

Chargé de recherche au CNRS

Tour 12/13 - 5ème étage, bureau 516 (campus Jussieu)
Tél: 01 44 27 84 26
alexandre.solon(at)sorbonne-universite.fr

Research interests: nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, active matter, cell motility, stochastic thermodynamics
 

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

1. D. Martin, H. Chaté, C. Nardini, A. Solon, J. Tailleur and F. van Wijland
   Fluctuation-induced phase separation in metric and topological models of collective motion
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 148001 (2021), Paper, Preprint
2. X.-q. Shi, G. Fausti, H. Chaté, C. Nardini, A. Solon
   Self-Organized Critical Coexistence Phase in Repulsive Active Particles
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 168001 (2020), Paper, Preprint
3. O. Granek, Y. Baek, Y. Kafri, A. P. Solon
   Bodies in an Interacting Active Fluid: Far-Field Influence of a Single Body and Interaction Between Two Bodies
   J. Stat. Mech.: Theory Exp, 063211 (2020), Preprint, Paper
4. G. Gomppper et al
   The 2020 Motile Active Matter Roadmap
   J. Phys. Cond. Mat., 32(19), 193001 (2020), Paper, Preprint
5. Y. Ben Dor, E. Woillez, Y. Kafri, M. Kardar, A. P. Solon
   Ramifications of disorder on active particles in one dimension
   Phys. Rev. E 100, 052610 (2019), Paper, Preprint
6. K. Asheichyk, A. Solon, C. Rohwer and M. Krüger
   Response of active Brownian particles to shear flow
   J. Chem. Phys. 150, 144111 (2019), Paper, Preprint
7. F. Ginot, A. Solon, Y. Kafri, C. Ybert, J. Tailleur and C. Cottin-Bizonne
   Sedimentation of self-propelled Janus colloids: polarization and pressure
   New J. Phys. 20 115001 (2018), Paper, Preprint
8. A. P. Solon, J. Stenhammar, M. E. Cates, Y. Kafri and J. Tailleur
   Generalized thermodynamics of Motility-Induced Phase Separation: Phase equilibria, Laplace pressure, and change of ensembles
   New J. Phys. 20, 075001 (2018), Paper, Preprint
9. A. P. Solon and J. M. Horowitz
   Phase transition in protocols minimizing work fluctuations
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 180605 (2018), Paper, Preprint
10. M. Krüger, A. Solon, V. Démery, C. M. Rohwer and D. S. Dean
    Stresses in non-equilibrium fluids: Exact formulation and coarse grained theory
    J. Chem. Phys. 148, 084503 (2018), Paper, Preprint
11. C. M. Rohwer, A. Solon, M. Kardar and M. Krüger
    Nonequilibrium forces following quenches in active and thermal matter
    Phys. Rev. E 97, 032125 (2018), Paper, Preprint
12. Y. Baek, A. P. Solon, X. Xu, N. Nikola, and Y. Kafri
    Generic long-range interactions between passive bodies in an active fluid
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 058002 (2018), Paper, Preprint
13. A. P. Solon, J. Stenhammar, M. E. Cates, Y. Kafri and J. Tailleur
    Generalized Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria in Scalar Active Matter
    Phys. Rev. E 97, 020602(R) (2018), Paper, Preprint
14. Y. Fily, Y. Kafri, A. P. Solon, J. Tailleur and A. Turner
    Mechanical pressure and momentum conservation in dry active matter
    J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 51 (2017), Paper, Preprint
15. A. P. Solon, G. Bunin, S. Chu, and M. Kardar
    Optimal paths on the road network as directed polymers
    Phys. Rev. E 96, 050301(R) (2017), Paper, Preprint
16. J. d'Alessandro, A. P. Solon, Y. Hayakawa, C. Anjard, F. Detcheverry, J.-P. Rieu and C. Rivière
    Contact enhancement of locomotion in spreading cell colonies
    Nature Physics 13, 999-1005 (2017), Paper, Preprint
17. R. Zakine, A. Solon, T. Gingrich and F. van Wijland
    Stochastic Stirling engine operating in contact with active baths
    Entropy 19(5) (2017), Paper, Preprint
18. N. Nikola, A. P. Solon, Y. Kafri, M. Kardar, J. Tailleur and R. Voituriez
    Active particles on curved surfaces: Equation of state, ratchets, and instabilities
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 098001 (2016), Paper, Preprint
19. A. P. Solon, J.-B. Caussin, D. Bartolo, H. Chaté and J. Tailleur
    Pattern formation in flocking models: A hydrodynamic description
    Phys. Rev. E 92, 062111 (2015), Paper, Preprint
20. A. P. Solon and J. Tailleur
    Flocking with discrete symmetry: the 2d Active Ising Model
    Phys. Rev. E 92, 042119 (2015), Paper, Preprint
21. A. P. Solon, M. E. Cates and J. Tailleur
    Active brownian particles and run-and-tumble particles: A comparative study
    Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 224, 1231-1262 (2015), Paper, Preprint
22. A. P. Solon, J. Stenhammar, R. Wittkowski, M. Kardar, Y. Kafri, M. E. Cates and J. Tailleur
    Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 198301 (2015), Paper, Preprint
    Éric Bertin's viewpoint in Physics
23. A. P. Solon, Y. Fily, A. Baskaran, M. E. Cates, Y. Kafri, M. Kardar and J. Tailleur
    Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids
    Nature Physics 11, 673-678 (2015), Paper, Preprint
24. A. P. Solon, H. Chaté, J. Tailleur
    From Phase to Micro-Phase Separation in Flocking Models: The Essential Role of Fluctuations
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 068101 (2015), Paper, Preprint
25. J.-B. Caussin, A. P. Solon, A. Peshkov, H. Chaté, T. Dauxois, J. Tailleur, V. Vitelli, D. Bartolo
    Emergent spatial structures in flocking models: a dynamical system insight
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 148102 (2014), Paper, Preprint
    Highlighted in Physics (2014)
26. A. P. Solon, J. Tailleur
    Revisiting the flocking transition using active spins
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 078101 (2013), Paper, Preprint

Ph.D. Thesis

Physique statistique de la matière active, defended September 8th 2015, Université Paris Diderot

 

CV

CV

• 2018-current: CNRS research scientist, LPTMC, Sorbonne Université
• 2015-2018: "Physics of Living Systems" postdoctoral fellow, MIT
• 2012-2015: Ph.D. in theoretical physics, Laboratoire MSC, Université Paris-Diderot, supervised by Julien Tailleur
• 2011-2012: Master Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Université Paris-Diderot
• 2008-2011: Engineering school École Centrale de Lyon