Gravitaxis in spherical Janus swimming devices

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 14066-14073

  Campbell, Andrew I ^a   Ebbens, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; AZIMUTHAL ANGLE; BOLTZMANN STATISTICS; CONTROLLED RELEASE; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GRAVITAXIS;

SPHERES;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 84888355579     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la403450j     Document Type: Article

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