Computational models for active matter

MR Shaebani, A Wysocki, RG Winkler… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Active matter, which ranges from molecular motors to groups of animals, exists at different
length scales and timescales, and various computational models have been proposed to …

Bacterial active matter

IS Aranson - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Bacteria are among the oldest and most abundant species on Earth. Bacteria successfully
colonize diverse habitats and play a significant role in the oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen …

The colloidal nature of complex fluids enhances bacterial motility

S Kamdar, S Shin, P Leishangthem, LF Francis, X Xu… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
The natural habitats of microorganisms in the human microbiome, ocean and soil
ecosystems are full of colloids and macromolecules. Such environments exhibit non …

Microswimming in viscoelastic fluids

G Li, E Lauga, AM Ardekani - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The locomotion of microorganisms and spermatozoa in complex viscoelastic fluids is of
critical importance in many biological processes such as fertilization, infection, and biofilm …

Microrobotics and microorganisms: Biohybrid autonomous cellular robots

Y Alapan, O Yasa, B Yigit, IC Yasa… - Annual Review of …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Biohybrid microrobots, composed of a living organism integrated with an artificial carrier,
offer great advantages for the miniaturization of devices with onboard actuation, sensing …

Microemulsion-based soft bacteria-driven microswimmers for active cargo delivery

AV Singh, Z Hosseinidoust, BW Park, O Yasa, M Sitti - ACS nano, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Biohybrid cell-driven microsystems offer unparalleled possibilities for realization of soft
microrobots at the micron scale. Here, we introduce a bacteria-driven microswimmer that …

Dynamics of self-propelled Janus particles in viscoelastic fluids

JR Gomez-Solano, A Blokhuis, C Bechinger - Physical review letters, 2016‏ - APS
We experimentally investigate active motion of spherical Janus colloidal particles in a
viscoelastic fluid. Self-propulsion is achieved by a local concentration gradient of a critical …

Spermatozoa as functional components of robotic microswimmers

V Magdanz, M Medina‐Sánchez, L Schwarz… - Advanced …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the combination of synthetic micro‐and nanomaterials with spermatozoa as
functional components has led to the development of tubular and helical spermbots …

Escherichia coli Nissle 1917-driven microrobots for effective tumor targeted drug delivery and tumor regression

D Wu, Z Zhao, H Liu, K Fu, Y Ji, W Ji, Y Li, Q Yan… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Potent tumor regression remains challenging due to the lack of effective targeted drug
delivery into deep tumors as well as the reduced susceptibility of cancer cells to anticancer …

Active colloids in complex fluids

AE Patteson, A Gopinath, PE Arratia - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
We review recent work on active colloids or swimmers, such as self-propelled
microorganisms, phoretic colloidal particles, and artificial micro-robotic systems, moving in …