Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Tian Qiu
Univ. of Stuttgart CyberValley Group Leader & MPI Senior Research Scientist
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Peer Fischer
Professor
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Mariana Alarcon-Correa
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems
Debora Schamel
PhD (2015), Postdoc, then Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA
This minireview discusses whether catalytically active macromolecules and abiotic nanocolloids, that are smaller than motile bacteria, can self-propel. Kinematic reversibility at low Reynolds number demands that self-propelling colloids must break symmetry. Methods that permit the synthesis and fabrication of Janus nanocolloids are therefore briefly surveyed, as well as means that permit the analysis of the nanocolloids' motion. Finally, recent work is reviewed which shows that nanoagents are small enough to penetrate the complex inhomogeneous polymeric network of biological fluids and gels, which exhibit diverse rheological behaviors.
| Author(s): | Alarcon-Correa, Mariana and Walker (Schamel), Debora and Qiu, Tian and Fischer, Peer |
| Journal: | Eur. Phys. J.-Special Topics |
| Volume: | 225 |
| Number (issue): | 11-12 |
| Pages: | 2241-2254 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Month: | November |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60067-1 |
| State: | Published |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
BibTex
@article{2016alarcon,
title = {Nanomotors},
journal = {Eur. Phys. J.-Special Topics},
abstract = {This minireview discusses whether catalytically active macromolecules and abiotic nanocolloids, that are smaller than motile bacteria, can self-propel. Kinematic reversibility at low Reynolds number demands that self-propelling colloids must break symmetry. Methods that permit the synthesis and fabrication of Janus nanocolloids are therefore briefly surveyed, as well as means that permit the analysis of the nanocolloids' motion. Finally, recent work is reviewed which shows that nanoagents are small enough to penetrate the complex inhomogeneous polymeric network of biological fluids and gels, which exhibit diverse rheological behaviors.},
volume = {225},
number = {11-12},
pages = {2241-2254},
month = nov,
year = {2016},
slug = {isi-000387062100012},
author = {Alarcon-Correa, Mariana and Walker (Schamel), Debora and Qiu, Tian and Fischer, Peer},
month_numeric = {11}
}