Rechargeable self-assembled droplet microswimmers driven by surface phase transitions

Cholakova, D; Lisicki, M; Smoukov, SK; Tcholakova, S; Lin, EE; Chen, JX; De Canio, G; Lauga, E; Denkov, N

Denkov, N (corresponding author), Sofia Univ, Fac Chem & Pharm, Dept Chem & Pharmaceut Engn, Sofia, Bulgaria.; Lisicki, M (corresponding author), Univ Warsaw, Inst Theoret Phys, Fac Phys, Warsaw, Poland.; Smoukov, SK (corresponding author), Queen Mary Univ London, Sch Engn & Mat Sci, Act & Intelligent Mat Lab, London, England.; Lauga, E (corresponding author), Univ Cambridge, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Cambridge, England.

NATURE PHYSICS, 2021; 17 (9): 1050

Abstract

The design of artificial microswimmers is often inspired by the strategies of natural microorganisms. Many of these creatures exploit the fact that el......

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