Confinement-induced accumulation and de-mixing of microscopic active-passive mixtures

Stephen Williams; Raphaël Jeanneret; Idan Tuval; Marco Polin

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32520-9

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Confinement-induced accumulation and de-mixing of microscopic active-passive mixtures

Stephen Williams,
Raphaël Jeanneret,
Idan Tuval,
Marco Polin

Affiliations

Stephen Williams: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Raphaël Jeanneret: Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
Idan Tuval: Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Marco Polin: Department of Physics, University of Warwick

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32520-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

Read online

Understanding how order emerges in active matter may facilitate macroscopic control of microscopic objects. Here, Williams et al. show how to control the transport of passive microscopic particles in presence of motile algae in conjunction with boundary-induced accumulation of microswimmers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal