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SUBMITTER: Katuri J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5787385 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Katuri Jaideep J Uspal William E WE Simmchen Juliane J Miguel-López Albert A Sánchez Samuel S
Science advances 20180126 1
For natural microswimmers, the interplay of swimming activity and external flow can promote robust directed motion, for example, propulsion against (upstream rheotaxis) or perpendicular to the direction of flow. These effects are generally attributed to their complex body shapes and flagellar beat patterns. Using catalytic Janus particles as a model experimental system, we report on a strong directional response that occurs for spherical active particles in a channel flow. The particles align th ...[more]