ArticleScientific reports2015
Remote control of self-assembled microswimmers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Field-Controlled Microrobots Fabricated by Photopolymerization.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Review
- Controlled transitions between metastable states of 2D magnetocapillary crystals.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Acoustics-Actuated Microrobots.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Control and controllability of microswimmers by a shearing flow.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Regimes of motion of magnetocapillary swimmers.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2021Article
- Detection of magnetic tracers with MScientific reports · 2021Article
- Friction on water sliders.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Surface swimmers, harnessing the interface to self-propel.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2018Article
- The swimming of a deforming helix.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2018Article
- Self-assembly of smart mesoscopic objects.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2017Article
- Dynamic self-assembly and self-organized transport of magnetic micro-swimmers.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Acoustic actuation of bioinspired microswimmers.Lab on a chip · 2017Article
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Abstract
Physics governing the locomotion of microorganisms and other microsystems is dominated by viscous damping. An effective swimming strategy involves the non-reciprocal and periodic deformations of the considered body. Here, we show that a magnetocapillary-driven self-assembly, composed of three soft ferromagnetic beads, is able to swim along a liquid-air interface when powered by an external magnetic field. More importantly, we demonstrate that trajectories can be fully controlled, opening ways to explore low Reynolds number swimming. This magnetocapillary system spontaneously forms by self-assembly, allowing miniaturization and other possible applications such as cargo transport or solvent flows.
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