TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wagner, Martin
AU  - Ripoll, Marisol
TI  - Hydrodynamic front-like swarming of phoretically active dimeric colloids
JO  - epl
VL  - 119
IS  - 6
SN  - 0295-5075
CY  - Les-Ulis
PB  - EDP Science65224
M1  - FZJ-2018-02038
SP  - 66007
PY  - 2017
AB  - Self-propelled phoretic colloids have recently emerged as a promising avenue for the design of artificial microswimmers. Here we show how systems of thermophobic dimeric swimmers can form swarms, in the sense of clusters with an ordered collective net motion. The interplay of attractive hydrodynamic with repulsive phoretic interactions leads to the formation of swarming structures with a flattened geometry in three-dimensional systems. The design of microfluidic devices and of bio-compatible microrobots can benefit from these dynamic and controllable systems.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000422616000022
DO  - DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/119/66007
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/844643
ER  -