Phototaxis of synthetic microswimmers in optical landscapes

The capability to move towards or away from light sources, namely phototaxis, is an essential feature of many microorganisms like bacteria or motile cells. Lozano et al. show an artificial phototaxis system that enables autonomous navigation of colloidal Janus spheres in a laser-generated light land...

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Main Authors: Celia Lozano, Borge ten Hagen, Hartmut Löwen, Clemens Bechinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12828