Mesoscale Fluid Dynamics

The goal of this special issue is to address simulation, modeling and experimental approaches related to the study of complex systems where hydrodynamics and/or thermal fluctuations play a significant role. Examples include colloidal suspensions, active matter, interfacial phenomena, kinetics of reaction-diffusion, and response of suspensions to external fields (electric, magnetic). In such systems, hydrodynamic interactions can dramatically affect dynamical phenomena at many scales; setting a challenge to resolve how microscopic interactions lead to phenomena at the mesoscale.

The issue is dedicated in memory of Aleksandar Donev, whose remarkable work, especially on Fluctuating Hydrodynamics Simulations, was fundamental in this field.