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Getting drowned in a swirl: deformable bead-spring model microswimmers in external flow fields
Niklas Küchler, Hartmut Löwen, Andreas M. Menzel
Deformability is a central feature of many types of microswimmers, e.g. for artificially generated self-propelled droplets. Here, we analyze deformable bead-spring microswimmers in…
Tailoring superelasticity of soft magnetic materials
Peet Cremer, Hartmut Löwen, Andreas M. Menzel
Embedding magnetic colloidal particles in an elastic polymer matrix leads to smart soft materials that can reversibly be addressed from outside by external magnetic fields. We disc…
Focusing by blocking: repeatedly generating central density peaks in self-propelled particle systems by exploiting diffusive processes
Andreas M. Menzel
Over the past few years the displacement statistics of self-propelled particles has been intensely studied, revealing their long-time diffusive behavior. Here, we demonstrate that…
Buckling of paramagnetic chains in soft gels
Shilin Huang, Giorgio Pessot, Peet Cremer +6
We study the magneto-elastic coupling behavior of paramagnetic chains in soft polymer gels exposed to external magnetic fields. To this end, a laser scanning confocal microscope is…
Towards a physics-based modelling of the electro-mechanical coupling in EAPs
Noy Cohen, Andreas Menzel, Gal deBotton
Due to the increasing number of industrial applications of electro-active polymers (EAPs), there is a growing need for electromechanical models which accurately capture their behav…
Towards a scale-bridging description of ferrogels and magnetic elastomers
Giorgio Pessot, Rudolf Weeber, Christian Holm +2
Ferrogels and magnetic elastomers differentiate themselves from other materials by their unique capability of reversibly changing shape and mechanical properties under the influenc…
Tuned, driven, and active soft matter
Andreas M. Menzel
One characteristic feature of soft matter systems is their strong response to external stimuli. As a consequence they are comparatively easily driven out of their ground state and…