Magnetically powered metachronal waves induce locomotion in self-assemblies

Collard, Ylona; Grosjean, Galien; Vandewalle, Nicolas

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Magnetically powered metachronal waves induce locomotion in self-assemblies

Collard, Ylona; Grosjean, Galien; Vandewalle, Nicolas

2020 • In Communications Physics

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Interface; Microswimmer; Capillarity; Magnetocapillary; Self-assembly; Biomimetics

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[en] When tiny soft ferromagnetic particles are placed along a liquid interface and exposed to a vertical magnetic field, the balance between capillary attraction and magnetic repulsion leads to self-organization into well-defined patterns. Here, we demonstrate experimentally that precessing magnetic fields induce metachronal waves on the periphery of these assemblies, similar to the ones observed in ciliates and some arthropods. The outermost layer of particles behaves like an array of cilia or legs whose sequential movement causes a net and controllable locomotion. This bioinspired many-particle swimming strategy is effective even at low Reynolds number, using only spatially uniform fields to generate the waves.

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Collard, Ylona ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Grosjean, Galien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > CESAM

Vandewalle, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

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English

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Magnetically powered metachronal waves induce locomotion in self-assemblies

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2020

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Communications Physics

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2399-3650

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Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-020-0380-9

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PDR T.0129.18

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F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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