Intelligent Systems
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Pattern formation and collective effects in populations of magnetic microswimmers

2017

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Self-propelled particles are one prototype of synthetic active matter used to understand complex biological processes, such as the coordination of movement in bacterial colonies or schools of fishes. Collective patterns such as clusters were observed for such systems, reproducing features of biological organization. However, one limitation of this model is that the synthetic assemblies are made of identical individuals. Here we introduce an active system based on magnetic particles at colloidal scales. We use identical but also randomly-shaped magnetic micropropellers and show that they exhibit dynamic and reversible pattern formation.

Author(s): Vach, Peter J. and (Walker) Schamel, Debora and Fischer, Peer and Fratzl, Peter and Faivre, Damien
Journal: J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys.
Volume: 50
Number (issue): 11
Pages: 11LT03
Year: 2017
Month: February
Day: 17

Department(s): Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Bibtex Type: Article (article)

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa5d36
State: Published

BibTex

@article{2018vach,
  title = {Pattern formation and collective effects in populations of magnetic microswimmers},
  author = {Vach, Peter J. and (Walker) Schamel, Debora and Fischer, Peer and Fratzl, Peter and Faivre, Damien},
  journal = {J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys.},
  volume = {50},
  number = {11},
  pages = {11LT03},
  month = feb,
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.1088/1361-6463/aa5d36},
  month_numeric = {2}
}