Using Shape Diversity on the Way to Structure-Function Designs for Magnetic Micropropellers
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Rigid magnetic micropropellers, driven in an external magnetic field, are a model system for envisioned biomedical applications, but currently the potential of such propellers is neither fully used nor fully understood. This study uses the swimming characteristics of randomly shaped propellers to investigate these possibilities, and their dynamics. In this regard, propellers with frequency-induced reversal of swimming direction (FIRSD) are a key example that might help to extend even further the range of applications of magnetic micropropellers, especially for multitargeting or swarm control.
Source: Physical Review Applied
Authors: Felix Bachmann, Klaas Bente, Agnese Codutti, Damien Faivre
Institutions: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies, Institut de Biosciences et biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille
Language: English
Topic: Micro and Nano Robotics
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G1010426166, G6068727846
OpenAlex ID: W2890178383