Self-propulsion of chemically active droplets

S Michelin - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Microscopic active droplets are able to swim autonomously in viscous flows. This puzzling
feature stems from solute exchanges with the surrounding fluid via surface reactions or their …

Physics of active emulsions

CA Weber, D Zwicker, F Jülicher… - Reports on Progress in …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase separating systems that are maintained away from thermodynamic equilibrium via
molecular processes represent a class of active systems, which we call active emulsions …

Fluid dynamics of squirmers and ciliated microorganisms

T Ishikawa - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The fluid dynamics of microswimmers has received attention from the fields of microbiology,
microrobotics, and active matter. Microorganisms have evolved organelles termed cilia for …

We the droplets: a constitutional approach to active and self-propelled emulsions

S Birrer, SI Cheon, LD Zarzar - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The field of active matter, and particularly active emulsions, is growing rapidly, with
significant progress made recently on both theoretical and experimental fronts. Here, we …

Spatial programming of self-organizing chemical systems using sustained physicochemical gradients from reaction, diffusion and hydrodynamics

ADC Nguindjel, PJ de Visser, M Winkens… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Living organisms employ chemical self-organization to build structures, and inspire new
strategies to design synthetic systems that spontaneously take a particular form, via a …

Chiral active particles are sensitive reporters to environmental geometry

CW Chan, D Wu, K Qiao, KL Fong, Z Yang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Chiral active particles (CAPs) are self-propelling particles that break time-reversal symmetry
by orbiting or spinning, leading to intriguing behaviors. Here, we examined the dynamics of …

Lattice Boltzmann simulations for soft flowing matter

A Tiribocchi, M Durve, M Lauricella, A Montessori… - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, the Lattice Boltzmann method has found major scope for the
simulation of a large spectrum of problems in soft matter, from multiphase and multi …

Self-diffusiophoresis of chemically active colloids

MN Popescu, WE Uspal, S Dietrich - The European Physical Journal …, 2016 - Springer
Chemically active colloids locally change the chemical composition of their solvent via
catalytic reactions which occur on parts of their surface. They achieve motility by converting …

Marangoni-driven flower-like patterning of an evaporating drop spreading on a liquid substrate

F Wodlei, J Sebilleau, J Magnaudet… - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Drop motility at liquid surfaces is attracting growing interest because of its potential
applications in microfluidics and artificial cell design. Here we report the unique highly …

Pair interaction between two catalytically active colloids

P Sharan, A Daddi‐Moussa‐Ider, J Agudo‐Canalejo… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the intrinsically complex non‐equilibrium behavior of the constituents of active matter
systems, a comprehensive understanding of their collective properties is a challenge that …