Stochastic localization of microswimmers by photon nudging

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6542-6550

  Bregulla, Andreas P ^a   Yang, Haw ^b   Cichos, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Janus particle; microswimmer; photophoresis; thermophoresis; trapping

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMOPHORESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; JANUS PARTICLES; MICRO-SWIMMER; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; PHOTOPHORESIS; REAL-TIME INFORMATION; STEERING MECHANISMS; TRAPPING;

PHOTONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LASERS; MOTION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84904725178     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501568e     Document Type: Article

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