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Hydrodynamic front-like swarming of phoretically active dimeric colloids
Hydrodynamic front-like swarming of phoretically active dimeric colloids
Self-propelled phoretic colloids have recently emerged as a promising avenue for the design of artificial microswimmers. Here we show how systems of thermophobic dimeric swimmers can form swarms, in the sense of clusters with an ordered collective net motion. The interplay of attractive hydrodynamic...
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Personal Name(s): | Wagner, Martin |
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Ripoll, Marisol | |
Contributing Institute: |
Theorie der Weichen Materie und Biophysik; ICS-2 JARA - HPC; JARA-HPC |
Published in: | EPL (Europhysics Letters) epl, 119 119 (2017 2017) 6 6, S. 66007 66007 |
Imprint: |
Les-Ulis
EDP Science65224
2017
2017-12-11 2017-09-01 2017-09-01 |
DOI: |
10.1209/0295-5075/119/66007 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Thermophoretic microswimmers: from single particle to collective properties Structure Formation in Thermal Barrier Coatings Functional Macromolecules and Complexes |
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Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/22898 in citations.
Self-propelled phoretic colloids have recently emerged as a promising avenue for the design of artificial microswimmers. Here we show how systems of thermophobic dimeric swimmers can form swarms, in the sense of clusters with an ordered collective net motion. The interplay of attractive hydrodynamic with repulsive phoretic interactions leads to the formation of swarming structures with a flattened geometry in three-dimensional systems. The design of microfluidic devices and of bio-compatible microrobots can benefit from these dynamic and controllable systems. |