Reorientation behavior in the helical motility of light-responsive spiral droplets

Federico Lancia; Takaki Yamamoto; Alexander Ryabchun; Tadatsugu Yamaguchi; Masaki Sano; Nathalie Katsonis

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13201-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Reorientation behavior in the helical motility of light-responsive spiral droplets

Federico Lancia,
Takaki Yamamoto,
Alexander Ryabchun,
Tadatsugu Yamaguchi,
Masaki Sano,
Nathalie Katsonis

Affiliations

Federico Lancia: Bio-inspired and Smart Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente
Takaki Yamamoto: Laboratory for Physical Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Alexander Ryabchun: Bio-inspired and Smart Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente
Tadatsugu Yamaguchi: Bio-inspired and Smart Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente
Masaki Sano: Institute for Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jao Tong University
Nathalie Katsonis: Bio-inspired and Smart Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13201-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Converting chemical energy into movement is essential to all forms of life, but the molecular processes are yet to be uncovered. Here the authors show a light-responsive reorientation behavior in liquid crystal droplets which stems from dynamic inversion of chirality from molecules to liquid crystals in confinement.

Published in Nature Communications

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