Simulations of thermophoretic nanoswimmers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Mingcheng ^a   Ripoll, Marisol ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMERS;

FIXED TEMPERATURE; NANOSWIMMER; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC; SELF-PROPELLED MOTION; THERMOPHORETIC;

THERMAL GRADIENTS;

EID: 84555195696     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061401     Document Type: Article

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