57 citations · 58 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for
8 papers
Water under extreme confinement in graphene: Oscillatory dynamics, structure, and hydration pressure explained as a function of the confinement width
Carles Calero, Giancarlo Franzese
Graphene nanochannels are relevant for their possible applications, as in water purification, and for the challenge of understanding how they change the properties of confined liqu…
Re-defining the concept of hydration water in water under soft confinement
Fausto Martelli, Carles Calero, Giancarlo Fanzese
Water shapes and defines the properties of biological systems. Therefore, understanding the nature of the mutual interaction between water and biological systems is of primary impo…
Propulsion and energetics of a minimal magnetic microswimmer
Carles Calero, José García-Torres, Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz +3
In this manuscript we describe the realization of a minimal hybrid microswimmer, composed of a ferromagnetic nanorod and a paramagnetic microsphere. The unbounded pair is propelled…
Collective Transport of Magnetic Microparticles at a Fluid Interface through Dynamic Self-Assembled Lattices
Fernando Martínez-Pedrero, Francisco Ortega, Ramón G. Rubio +1
The transport of motile entities across modulated energy landscapes plays an important role in a range of phenomena in biology, colloidal science and solid-state physics. Here, an…
Self-thermophoresis at the nanoscale using light induced solvation dynamics
Carles Calero, Edwin L. Sibert, Rossend Rey
Downsizing microswimmers to the nanoscale, and using light as an externally controlled fuel, are two important goals within the field of active matter. Here we demonstrate using al…
Direct Measurement of Lighthill's Energetic Efficiency of a Minimal Magnetic Microswimmer
Carles Calero, José García-Torres, Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz +3
The realization of artificial microscopic swimmers able to propel in viscous fluids is an emergent research field of fundamental interest and vast technological applications. For c…