Shape-programmed 3D printed swimming microtori for the transport of passive and active agents

Remmi Danae Baker; Thomas Montenegro-Johnson; Anton D. Sediako; Murray J. Thomson; Ayusman Sen; Eric Lauga; Igor. S. Aranson

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12904-0

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Shape-programmed 3D printed swimming microtori for the transport of passive and active agents

Remmi Danae Baker,
Thomas Montenegro-Johnson,
Anton D. Sediako,
Murray J. Thomson,
Ayusman Sen,
Eric Lauga,
Igor. S. Aranson

Affiliations

Remmi Danae Baker: Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Thomas Montenegro-Johnson: School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham
Anton D. Sediako: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Murray J. Thomson: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Ayusman Sen: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Eric Lauga: Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Igor. S. Aranson: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12904-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While there are many demonstrations of self-propelled synthetic particles, there are fewer realisations of multimode swimming for the same particle. Here the authors demonstrate two swimming behaviours in magnetically manipulated microtori and show that these can manipulate other active particles.

Published in Nature Communications

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