Differently from passive Brownian particles, active particles, also known as self-propelled
Brownian particles or microswimmers and nanoswimmers, are capable of taking up energy …

In this minireview, recent progress in our understanding of the basic physical principles of
microswimmers which perform a motion characterized by chirality is summarized. We …

Chiral active matter comprises particles which can self-propel and self-rotate. Examples
range from sperm cells and bacteria near walls to autophoretic L-shaped colloids. In this …

Many motile microorganisms adjust their swimming motion relative to the gravitational field
and thus counteract sedimentation to the ground. This gravitactic behaviour is often the …

Many self-propelled objects are large enough to exhibit inertial effects but still suffer from
environmental fluctuations. The corresponding basic equations of motion are governed by …

An accurate description of nonadiabatic energy relaxation is crucial for modeling atomistic
dynamics at metal surfaces. Interfacial energy transfer due to electron-hole pair excitations …

Endowing materials with the ability to sense, adapt, and respond to stimuli holds the key to a
progress leap in autonomous systems. In spite of the growing success of macroscopic soft …

We introduce numerical methods for simulating the diffusive motion of rigid bodies of
arbitrary shape immersed in a viscous fluid. We parameterize the orientation of the bodies …

Like ordinary molecules are composed of atoms, colloidal molecules consist of several
species of colloidal particles tightly bound together. If one of these components is self …

The fastest-spinning man-made object is a tiny dumbbell rotating at 5 GHz. The smallest
wind-up motor is constructed from a DNA molecule. Picoliter volumes of fluids are remotely …