A Path toward Inherently Asymmetric Micromotors

Since the highly cited paper by Purcell postulating the “Scallop theorem” almost 50 years ago, asymmetry is an unavoidable part of micromotors. It is frequently induced by self‐shadowing or self‐masking, resulting in so‐called Janus colloids. This strategy works very reliably, but turns into a bottl...

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Main Authors: Purnesh Chattopadhyay, Sandra Heckel, Fabio Irigon Pereira, Juliane Simmchen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-02-01
Series:Advanced Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200091