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Nano/Micromotors in Active Matter. [PDF]
Micromachines (Basel), 2022 Nano/micromotors (NMMs) are tiny objects capable of converting energy into mechanical motion. Recently, a wealth of active matter including synthetic colloids, cytoskeletons, bacteria, and cells have been used to construct NMMs. The self-sustained motion of active matter drives NMMs out of equilibrium, giving rise to rich dynamics and patterns ...
Lv C, Yang Y, Li B.
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Proliferating active matter. [PDF]
Nat Rev Phys, 2023 Published by Springer Nature ...
Hallatschek O +6 more
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Whisky-Inspired Active Matter. [PDF]
ACS Appl Mater InterfacesWhisky is a valuable commodity around the world, partly due to its rich heritage and complex taste and scent. Analyses of the final product show a complex symphony of chemicals ranging from sulfides, phenols, and tannins to esters, serving as an imprint of the manufacturing and aging processes that each whisky goes through.
Mohamed K, Henze K, Simmchen J.
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Active matter therapeutics. [PDF]
Nano Today, 2020 Nanotherapies based on micelles, liposomes, polymersomes, nanocapsules, magnetic nanoparticles, and noble metal nanoparticles have been at the forefront of drug delivery in the past few decades. Some of these nanopharmaceuticals have been commercially applied to treat a wide range of diseases, from dry eye syndrome to cancer.
Ghosh A, Xu W, Gupta N, Gracias DH.
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Light, Matter, Action: Shining Light on Active Matter. [PDF]
ACS Photonics, 2023 Light carries energy and momentum. It can therefore alter the motion of objects from atomic to astronomical scales. Being widely available, readily controllable and broadly biocompatible, light is also an ideal tool to propel microscopic particles, drive them out of thermodynamic equilibrium and make them active.
Rey M, Volpe G, Volpe G.
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Physical Review Letters, 2023 We reveal that the mechanical pulsation of locally synchronised particles is a generic route to propagate deformation waves. We consider a model of dense repulsive particles whose activity drives periodic change in size of each individual. The dynamics is inspired by biological tissues where cells consume fuel to sustain active deformation.
Yiwei Zhang, Étienne Fodor
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The “isothermal” compressibility of active matter [PDF]
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 We demonstrate that the mechanically defined “isothermal” compressibility behaves as a thermodynamic-like response function for suspensions of active Brownian particles. The compressibility computed from the active pressure—a combination of the collision and unique swim pressures—is capable of predicting the critical point for motility induced phase ...
Austin R. Dulaney +2 more
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Europhysics Letters, 2022 Abstract 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 perspective article we focus on recent developments in chiral active matter.
Liebchen, Benno, Levis, Demian
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The European Physical Journal E, 2013 The study of systems with sustained energy uptake and dissipation at the scale of the constituent particles is an area of central interest in nonequilibrium statistical physics. Identifying such systems as a distinct category -- Active Matter -- unifies our understanding of autonomous collective move- ment in the living world and in some surprising ...
Golestanian, R. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3149-4002 +1 more
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A colloidal viewpoint on the sausage catastrophe and the finite sphere packing problem
Nature Communications, 2023 It is commonly believed that the most efficient way to pack a finite number of equal-sized spheres is by arranging them tightly in a cluster. However, mathematicians have conjectured that a linear arrangement may actually result in the densest packing ...
Susana Marín-Aguilar +5 more
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