5 papers
Universal transport of active colloids with sensory delay in motility landscapes
Adrià Garcés, Ueli Töpfer, Lucio Isa +2
We experimentally, numerically and analytically explore the diffusive transport of active colloidal particles with sensory delay, navigating motility landscapes in which the self-p…
Shaping nematic order in bacterial films with single-cell resolution patterning
Matthias Le Bec, Guillem Pérez MartÃn, Cameron Boggon +7
Bacterial colonies composed of elongated cells form active nematic fluids that spontaneously self-organise into ordered domains of aligned cells and exhibit self-generated chaotic…
Controlling polymerization-induced phase separation in the synthesis of porous gels
Yanxia Feng, Noel Ringeisen, Eric R. Dufresne +2
Porous gels -- gels with solvent-filled pores that are much larger than their mesh size -- are widely used in engineering and biomedical applications due to their tunable mechanics…
Segregation and cooperation in active colloidal binary mixtures
Laura Alvarez, Elena Sesé-Sansa, Demian Levis +2
The complex interactions underlying collective motion in biological systems give rise to emergent behaviours such as flocking, sorting, and cooperative transport. These dynamics of…
Self-reconfiguring colloidal active matter
Stefania Ketzetzi, Lorenzo Caprini, Vivien Willems +3
Cells and microorganisms employ dynamic shape changes to enable steering and avoidance for efficient spatial exploration and collective organization. In contrast, active colloids,…