ArticleNanoscale2023
Magnetically locked Janus particle clusters with orientation-dependent motion in AC electric fields.
Article in Nanoscale, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Reconfigurable assembly, disassembly, and self-propulsion of microparticles via optoelectronic tweezers.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
- Shape-morphing active particles with invertible effective polarizability for configurable locomotion and steering.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.ACS nano · 2025Review
- Precise surface patches on active particles of arbitrary shape through microstenciling.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Visualizing Single V-ATPase Rotation Using Janus Nanoparticles.Nano letters · 2024Article
- Visualizing Single V-ATPase Rotation Using Janus Nanoparticles.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Current status and future application of electrically controlled micro/nanorobots in biomedicine.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Active particles, or micromotors, locally dissipate energy to drive locomotion at small length scales. The type of trajectory is generally fixed and dictated by the geometry and composition of the particle, which can be challenging to tune using conventional fabrication procedures. Here, we report a simple, bottom-up method to magnetically assemble gold-coated polystyrene Janus particles into "locked" clusters that display diverse trajectories when stimulated by AC electric fields. The orientation of particles within each cluster gives rise to distinct modes of locomotion, including translational, rotational, trochoidal, helical, and orbital. We model this system using a simplified rigid beads model and demonstrate qualitative agreement between the predicted and experimentally observed cluster trajectories. Overall, this system provides a facile means to scalably create micromotors with a range of well-defined motions from discrete building blocks.
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