Learning Microswimmer Collision Dynamics and Predicting Diffusivities using a Neural-Network-Assisted Boltzmann Approach

We present a neural-network--assisted Boltzmann framework that learns the binary-collision map of microswimmers from data and uses it to evaluate collision integrals efficiently. Using a representative model swimmer, the learned map provides quantitative predictions for rotational and translational diffusivities and allows a linear-stability analysis of the isotropic state against polar ordering in dilute suspensions. The resulting predictions closely match direct simulations in the dilute regime. The present approach is model agnostic: once two-body collision data are available -- either from simulations or experiments -- the same surrogate can be used to perform these evaluations across dilute conditions, as long as two-body collision processes dominate. Because the workflow relies only on pre- and post-collision statistics, it can be applied directly to a wide range of biological and synthetic colloidal swimmer systems.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
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2025-10-02
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Cell Image Analysis Techniques
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Learning Microswimmer Collision Dynamics and Predicting Diffusivities using a Neural-Network-Assisted Boltzmann Approach

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Learning Microswimmer Collision Dynamics and Predicting Diffusivities using a Neural-Network-Assisted Boltzmann Approach

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We present a neural-network--assisted Boltzmann framework that learns the binary-collision map of microswimmers from data and uses it to evaluate collision integrals efficiently. Using a representative model swimmer, the learned map provides quantitative predictions for rotational and translational diffusivities and allows a linear-stability analysis of the isotropic state against polar ordering in dilute suspensions. The resulting predictions closely match direct simulations in the dilute regime. The present approach is model agnostic: once two-body collision data are available -- either from simulations or experiments -- the same surrogate can be used to perform these evaluations across dilute conditions, as long as two-body collision processes dominate. Because the workflow relies only on pre- and post-collision statistics, it can be applied directly to a wide range of biological and synthetic colloidal swimmer systems.

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