Topographical pathways guide chemical microswimmers

Self-propelled colloids can be used as cargo carriers, but it is challenging to control their motion without external fields. Here, Simmchen et al. use submicron patterns on a solid substrate to effectively confine the motion of the chemically active Janus microswimmers along the edges of the patter...

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Main Authors: Juliane Simmchen, Jaideep Katuri, William E. Uspal, Mihail N. Popescu, Mykola Tasinkevych, Samuel Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10598