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self-propulsion

Description: Self-propulsion is the generation of motion by an object or system through its own internal mechanisms or interactions with its surroundings.
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Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments
2016 · Clemens Bechinger, Roberto Di Leonardo, et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2,967
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Living Crystals of Light-Activated Colloidal Surfers
2013 · Jeremie Palacci, Stefano Sacanna, et al. · Science · 1,795
Analysis of the swimming of microscopic organisms
1951 · Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1,075
Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots
2016 · Stefano Palagi, Andrew G. Mark, et al. · Nature Materials · 977
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Active Motion of a Janus Particle by Self-Thermophoresis in a Defocused Laser Beam
2010 · Hong-Ren Jiang, Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 964
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Catalytic Microtubular Jet Engines Self‐Propelled by Accumulated Gas Bubbles
2009 · Alexander A. Solovev, Yongfeng Mei, et al. · Small · 681
Goal attribution without agency cues: the perception of ‘pure reason’ in infancy
1999 · Gergely Csibra, György Gergely, et al. · Cognition · 661
Collective Motion of Vibrated Polar Disks
2010 · Julien Deseigne, Olivier Dauchot, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 577
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Highly Efficient Catalytic Microengines: Template Electrosynthesis of Polyaniline/Platinum Microtubes
2011 · Wei Gao, Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 542
Leidenfrost Dynamics
2012 · David Quéré · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 539
Hydrodynamics of self-propulsion near a boundary: predictions and accuracy of far-field approximations
2012 · Saverio E. Spagnolie, Eric Lauga · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 525
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Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamics of carangiform swimming in the transitional and inertial flow regimes
2008 · Iman Borazjani, Fotis Sotiropoulos · Journal of Experimental Biology · 511
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Catalytic Nanomotors: Remote‐Controlled Autonomous Movement of Striped Metallic Nanorods
2004 · Timothy R. Kline, Walter F. Paxton, et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 503
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Three-dimensional capillary ratchet-induced liquid directional steering
2021 · Shile Feng, Pingan Zhu, et al. · Science · 495
The self-propulsion of microscopic organisms through liquids
1953 · G. J. Hancock · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 466
Confinement Stabilizes a Bacterial Suspension into a Spiral Vortex
2013 · Hugo Wioland, Francis G. Woodhouse, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 453
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Walking and orbiting droplets
2005 · Y. Couder, S. Protière, et al. · Nature · 450
Motility of Catalytic Nanoparticles through Self‐Generated Forces
2005 · Walter F. Paxton, Ayusman Sen, et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 442
Leidenfrost on a ratchet
2011 · Guillaume Lagubeau, Marie Le Merrer, et al. · Nature Physics · 409
Geometry of self-propulsion at low Reynolds number
1989 · Alfred Shapere, Frank Wilczek · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 392
A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number
2014 · Brian J. Williams, Sandeep V. Anand, et al. · Nature Communications · 363
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Catalytic Iridium-Based Janus Micromotors Powered by Ultralow Levels of Chemical Fuels
2014 · Wei Gao, Allen Pei, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 345
On self-propulsion of micro-machines at low Reynolds number: Purcell's three-link swimmer
2003 · L. E. BECKER, S. A. KOEHLER, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 337
Swimming Droplets
2015 · Corinna C. Maass, Carsten Krüger, et al. · Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics · 332
Self-Propulsion of Pure Water Droplets by Spontaneous Marangoni-Stress-Driven Motion
2014 · Ziane Izri, Marjolein N. van der Linden, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 328
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