Chiral active matter

B Liebchen, D Levis - Europhysics Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Chiral active matter comprises particles which can self-propel and self-rotate. Examples
range from sperm cells and bacteria near walls to autophoretic L-shaped colloids. In this …

Self-propulsion of active colloids via ion release: Theory and experiments

M De Corato, X Arqué, T Patino, M Arroyo, S Sánchez… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We study the self-propulsion of a charged colloidal particle that releases ionic species using
theory and experiments. We relax the assumptions of thin Debye length and weak …

Simulation of microswimmer hydrodynamics with multiparticle collision dynamics

A Zöttl - Chinese Physics B, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review we discuss the recent progress in the simulation of soft active matter systems
and in particular the hydrodynamics of microswimmers using the method of multiparticle …

On Nanomachines and Their Future Perspectives in Biomedicine

MA Ramos Docampo - Advanced Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nano/micromotors are a class of active matter that can self‐propel converting different types
of input energy into kinetic energy. The huge efforts that are made in this field over the last …

A generalized approach to solving the mixed boundary value problem governing self-diffusiophoresis

A Boymelgreen, T Miloh - Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2024 - Springer
Active matter is an emerging area of interest but the broken symmetry necessary for motion
increases the complexity of mathematical modeling. However, these models can be critical …

Multifunctional Chiral Chemically‐Powered Micropropellers for Cargo Transport and Manipulation

AD McGovern, MJ Huang, J Wang, R Kapral… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Practical applications of synthetic self‐propelled nano and microparticles for microrobotics,
targeted drug delivery, and manipulation at the nanoscale are rapidly expanding. However …

Relaxation in a phase-separating two-dimensional active matter system with alignment interaction

S Chakraborty, SK Das - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Via computer simulations, we study kinetics of pattern formation in a two-dimensional active
matter system. Self-propulsion in our model is incorporated via the Vicsek-like activity, ie …

Lock-key microfluidics: simulating nematic colloid advection along wavy-walled channels

K Wamsler, LC Head, TN Shendruk - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystalline media mediate interactions between suspended particles and confining
geometries, which not only has potential to guide patterning and bottom-up colloidal …

Surface polymerization induced locomotion

MA Ramos-Docampo, E Brodszkij, M Ceccato, M Foss… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-and micromotors are self-navigating particles that gain locomotion using fuel from the
environment or external power sources to outperform Brownian motion. Herein, motors that …

Coupling mesoscale transport to catalytic surface reactions in a hybrid model

R Fan, P Habibi, JT Padding… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In heterogeneous catalysis, reactivity and selectivity are not only influenced by chemical
processes occurring on catalytic surfaces but also by physical transport phenomena in the …