Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers

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

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ebbens, Stephen ^a   Tu, Mei Hsien ^a   Howse, Jonathan R ^a   Golestanian, Ramin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION-REACTION MODEL; LARGE SIZES; SIZE DEPENDENCE; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VELOCITY DECAY;

COLLOIDS; PROPULSION; SPHERES;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84857612752     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.020401     Document Type: Article

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