Simultaneous polydirectional transport of colloidal bipeds

Detailed control over motions of colloidal particles holds promise for many applications such as lab-on-chip devices. Mirzaee-Kakhki et al. show transport of self-assembled colloidal rods with different lengths into different directions simultaneously on a checkerboard pattern under a magnetic field...

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Main Authors: Mahla Mirzaee-Kakhki, Adrian Ernst, Daniel de las Heras, Maciej Urbaniak, Feliks Stobiecki, Jendrik Gördes, Meike Reginka, Arno Ehresmann, Thomas M. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18467-9