Recent advances in one-dimensional micro/nanomotors: Fabrication, propulsion and application

Y Zheng, H Zhao, Y Cai, B Jurado-Sánchez, R Dong - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Due to their tiny size, autonomous motion and functionalize modifications, micro/nanomotors
have shown great potential for environmental remediation, biomedicine and micro/nano …

Fabrication of self‐propelled micro‐and nanomotors based on Janus structures

Y Ye, J Luan, M Wang, Y Chen… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Delicate molecular and biological motors are tiny machines capable of achieving numerous
vital tasks in biological processes. To gain a deeper understanding of their mechanism of …

Light-switchable propulsion of active particles with reversible interactions

HR Vutukuri, M Lisicki, E Lauga, J Vermant - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Active systems such as microorganisms and self-propelled particles show a plethora of
collective phenomena, including swarming, clustering, and phase separation. Control over …

Designing highly efficient interlocking interactions in anisotropic active particles

S Riedel, LA Hoffmann, L Giomi, DJ Kraft - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Cluster formation of microscopic swimmers is key to the formation of biofilms and colonies,
efficient motion and nutrient uptake, but, in the absence of other interactions, requires high …

Rational design and dynamics of self-propelled colloidal bead chains: from rotators to flagella

HR Vutukuri, B Bet, R Van Roij, M Dijkstra… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The quest for designing new self-propelled colloids is fuelled by the demand for simple
experimental models to study the collective behaviour of their more complex natural …

Phase behavior of active and passive dumbbells

N Venkatareddy, ST Lin, PK Maiti - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
We report phase separation in a mixture of “hot” and “cold” three-dimensional dumbbells
which interact by Lennard-Jones potential. We also have studied the effect of asymmetry of …

Scalar activity induced phase separation and liquid–solid transition in a Lennard-Jones system

SSN Chari, C Dasgupta, PK Maiti - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report scalar activity induced phase separation and crystallization in a system of 3-d
Lennard-Jones particles taken at state points spanning from the gas to the liquid regime …

Sideways propelled bimetallic rods at the water/oil interface

A Arslanova, I Matthé, O Deschaume, C Bartic… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The motion of self-propelling microswimmers is significantly affected by confinement, which
can enhance or reduce their mobility and also steer the direction of their propulsion. While …

Defect dynamics in active smectics induced by confining geometry and topology

ZF Huang, H Löwen, A Voigt - Communications Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The persistent dynamics in systems out of equilibrium, particularly those characterized by
annihilation and creation of topological defects, is known to involve complicated …

'Sweeping rods': cargo transport by self-propelled bimetallic microrods moving perpendicular to their long axis

A Arslanova, VR Dugyala, EK Reichel, N Reddy… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A possible application of self-propelling particles is the transport of microscopic cargo.
Maximizing the collection and transport efficiency of particulate matter requires the area …