Colloidal active matter mimics the behavior of biological microorganisms-an overview

Audrey Nsamela; Aidee Itandehui Garcia Zintzun; Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson; Juliane Simmchen

doi:10.1002/smll.202202685

Colloidal active matter mimics the behavior of biological microorganisms-an overview

Audrey Nsamela, Aidee Itandehui Garcia Zintzun, Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson, Juliane Simmchen^*

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Pure And Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

This article provides a review of the recent development of biomimicking behaviors in active colloids. While the behavior of biological microswimmers is undoubtedly influenced by physics, it is frequently guided and manipulated by active sensing processes. Understanding the respective influences of the surrounding environment can help to engineering the desired response also in artificial swimmers. More often than not, the achievement of biomimicking behavior requires the understanding of both biological and artificial microswimmers swimming mechanisms and the parameters inducing mechanosensory responses. The comparison of both classes of microswimmers provides with analogies in their dependence on fuels, interaction with boundaries and stimuli induced motion, or taxis.

Original language	English
Article number	2202685
Number of pages	13
Journal	Small
Early online date	15 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202202685
Publication status	Published - 29 Mar 2023

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska‐Curie grant agreement No. 812780. J.S. acknowledges a Freigeist fellowship number 91619 from Volkswagen foundation and a Fulbright Cottrell award, which enabled this study. T.D.M.‐J. gratefully acknowledges support from a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award. The authors acknowledge Giovanni Volpe and Nuno Araujo for establishing the emoji challenge.

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active matter
bio-mimicking
biohybrids
bioinspired behavior
taxis

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