As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

Protein interactions inside the human body are expected to differ from the situation in vitro.
This is crucial when investigating protein functions or developing new drugs. In this study …

Molecules drift along temperature gradients, an effect called thermophoresis, the Soret
effect, or thermodiffusion. In liquids, its theoretical foundation is the subject of a long …

Colloidal particles partially coated with platinum and dispersed in H2O2 solution are often
used as model self-propelled colloids. Most current data suggest that neutral self …

The tremendous amount of wasted heat from solar radiation and industry dissipation has
motivated the development of thermoelectric concepts that directly convert heat into …

A temperature gradient acts like an external field on colloidal suspensions and drives the
solute particles to the cold or to the warm, depending on interfacial and solvent properties …

The optical manipulation of tiny objects is significant to understand and to explore the
unknown in the microworld, which has found many applications in materials science and life …

Thermophoresis is particle motion induced by thermal gradients. Akin to other driven
transport processes, such as the Soret effect in simple fluid mixtures, or electrophoresis and …

The prospect of self-propelled artificial machines small enough to navigate within biological
matter has fascinated and inspired researchers and the public alike since the dawn of …