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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Frozen by Heating: Temperature Controlled Dynamic States in Droplet Microswimmers.

Prashanth Ramesh, Yibo Chen, Petra Räder, Svenja Morsbach, Maziyar Jalaal, Corinna C Maass

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Prashanth RameshPhysics of Fluids Group, Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics and J. M. Burgers Center for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, PO Box 217, Enschede, 7500AE, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-5084
Yibo ChenPhysics of Fluids Group, Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics and J. M. Burgers Center for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, PO Box 217, Enschede, 7500AE, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6786-707X
Petra RäderMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Svenja MorsbachMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9662-8190
Maziyar JalaalUniversity of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-8505
Corinna C MaassPhysics of Fluids Group, Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics and J. M. Burgers Center for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, PO Box 217, Enschede, 7500AE, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-4107

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft MA 6330/1Max-Planck-GesellschaftNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-propelling active matter relies on the conversion of energy from the undirected, nanoscopic scale to directed, macroscopic motion. One of the challenges in the design of synthetic active matter lies in the control of dynamic states, or motility gaits. Here, an experimental system of self-propelling droplets with thermally controllable and reversible dynamic states is presented, from unsteady over meandering to persistent to arrested motion. These states are known to depend on the Péclet number of the molecular process powering the motion, which can now be tuned by using a temperature sensitive mixture of surfactants as propulsion fuel. The droplet dynamics are quantified by analyzing flow and chemical fields for the individual states, comparing them to canonical models for autophoretic particles. In the context of these models, in situ, the fundamental first broken symmetry that translates an isotropic, immotile base state to self-propelled motility, is experimentally demonstrated.

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active mattermicroswimmersself‐propelling dropletstemperature controlled dynamic states

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PMID40040287
PMCPMC12004900

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