% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @INPROCEEDINGS{Xie:819784, author = {Xie, Qingguang and Sukhov, Alexander and Harting, Jens}, title = {{C}omputer simulations of magnetocapillary swimmers}, reportid = {FZJ-2016-05380}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Self-assembled magnetocapillary microswimmers were experimentally demonstrated recently. Here, we study the motion of a magnetocapillary swimmer by means of a hybrid lattice Boltzmann and discrete element method. Three magnetic particles are placed at a fluid-fluid interface. The particles deform the interface due to their weights, leading thus to a capillary attraction force. At the same time, the particles experience a repulsive magnetic dipole-dipole force along with an upwards applied static magnetic field. Through the competing of attractive capillary and repulsive magnetic forces, a stable assembly of the three magnetic particles is achieved. By applying an oscillating horizontal magnetic field, the triplet demonstrates a directed motion. We numerically investigate the effect of frequency and direction of the magnetic field on the motion of the swimmer and analyze the results theoretically. In addition, we demonstrate a possible application of magnetocapillary swimmers for cargo transportation.}, month = {Oct}, date = {2016-10-04}, organization = {Microswimmers – From Single Particle Motion to Collective Behaviour, Bonn (Germany), 4 Oct 2016 - 7 Oct 2016}, subtyp = {After Call}, cin = {IEK-11}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-11-20140314}, pnm = {89574 - Theory, modelling and simulation (POF2-89574)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89574}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/819784}, }