Building spinning microrotors that self-assemble and synchronize to form a gear sounds like an impossible feat. However, it has now been achieved using only a single type of building block -- a colloid that self-propels.
| Author(s): | Fischer, Peer |
| Journal: | Nature Physics |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Pages: | 1072–1073 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Month: | July |
| Day: | 27 |
| Bibtex Type: | Miscellaneous (misc) |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41567-018-0247-0 |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
| State: | Published |
| URL: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0247-0 |
BibTex
@misc{2018fischer2,
title = {A machine from machines},
journal = {Nature Physics},
abstract = {Building spinning microrotors that self-assemble and synchronize to form a gear sounds like an impossible feat. However, it has now been achieved using only a single type of building block -- a colloid that self-propels.},
volume = {14},
pages = {1072–1073},
month = jul,
year = {2018},
slug = {fischer2018},
author = {Fischer, Peer},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0247-0},
month_numeric = {7}
}