Autonomous helical propagation of active toroids with mechanical action

Bowen Shen; Youliang Zhu; Yongju Kim; Xiaobin Zhou; Haonan Sun; Zhongyuan Lu; Myongsoo Lee

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09099-9

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Autonomous helical propagation of active toroids with mechanical action

Bowen Shen,
Youliang Zhu,
Yongju Kim,
Xiaobin Zhou,
Haonan Sun,
Zhongyuan Lu,
Myongsoo Lee

Affiliations

Bowen Shen: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Youliang Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongju Kim: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Xiaobin Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Haonan Sun: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Zhongyuan Lu: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University
Myongsoo Lee: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09099-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Self-assembly in nature is dynamic and exists in out-of-equilibrium state and thus systems have the ability to autonomously respond to environmental changes. Here the authors report that input of thermal energy can trigger fixed, artificial toroids to spontaneously nucleate helical growth.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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