ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2023
Self-Solidifying Active Droplets Showing Memory-Induced Chirality.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Automated decision-making by chemical echolocation in active droplets.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Interactions Between Active Matters and Endogenous Fields.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Designing self-adaptative cyclized polyacrylonitrile-polyethyleneimine conjugates enhance uranium extraction from natural seawater.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Bioinspired Swimming Robots with 3D Biomimetic Shark Denticle Structures for Controlled Marangoni Propulsion.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The 2025 motile active matter roadmap.Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal · 2025Review
- Shaping active matter from crystalline solids to active turbulence.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Collective Behaviors of Isotropic Micromotors: From Assembly to Reconstruction and Motion Control under External Fields.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Self-Solidifying Active Droplets Showing Memory-Induced Chirality.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Most synthetic microswimmers do not reach the autonomy of their biological counterparts in terms of energy supply and diversity of motions. Here, this work reports the first all-aqueous droplet swimmer powered by self-generated polyelectrolyte gradients, which shows memory-induced chirality while self-solidifying. An aqueous solution of surface tension-lowering polyelectrolytes self-solidifies on the surface of acidic water, during which polyelectrolytes are gradually emitted into the surrounding water and induce linear self-propulsion via spontaneous symmetry breaking. The low diffusion coefficient of the polyelectrolytes leads to long-lived chemical trails which cause memory effects that drive a transition from linear to chiral motion without requiring any imposed symmetry breaking. The droplet swimmer is capable of highly efficient removal (up to 85%) of uranium from aqueous solutions within 90 min, benefiting from self-propulsion and flow-induced mixing. These results provide a route to fueling self-propelled agents which can autonomously perform chiral motion and collect toxins.
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