pH-Responsive swimming behavior of light-powered rod-shaped micromotors

Abstract

Micromotors have emerged as promising devices for a wide range of applications e.g., microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip devices, active matter, environmental monitoring, etc. The control over the activity of micromotors with the...

Dynamics and phase behavior of metallo-dielectric rod-shaped microswimmers driven by alternating current electric field

“…They have been explored for synthesis via different methods to target specific applications and also for swimming by researchers under different techniques, e.g., chemical or light-driven methods, and have been shown to exhibit interesting results. [22][23][24][25][26][27] However, the swimming behavior of rodshaped microswimmers under an AC electric field is not well explored. This is mainly because of the limitations of conventional chemical or physical deposition methods in fabricating metallodielectric Janus microrods.…”

“…, chemical or light-driven methods, and have been shown to exhibit interesting results. 22–27 However, the swimming behavior of rod-shaped microswimmers under an AC electric field is not well explored. This is mainly because of the limitations of conventional chemical or physical deposition methods in fabricating metallo-dielectric Janus microrods.…”