Electrokinetic Janus micromotors moving on topographically flat chemical patterns

Ionic selectivity in microfluidics is challenging due to the differing length scales between ions and channels. Here, a model system emulates ionic transport at the microscale with electrokinetic spherical Janus micromotors moving over surfaces with spatially varying charge.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tao Huang, Vyacheslav Misko, Anja Caspari, Alla Synytska, Bergoi Ibarlucea, Franco Nori, Jürgen Fassbender, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Denys Makarov, Larysa Baraban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00282-y