Capture and transport of rod-shaped cargo via programmable active particles.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Sep 2023
12 Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
24
03
2023
accepted:
05
09
2023
medline:
13
9
2023
pubmed:
13
9
2023
entrez:
12
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We study the influence of the cargo shape on the capture and transport process of colloidal rods via swarms of active particles using Brownian dynamics simulations. Starting at random initial conditions, active particles that interact via the Lennard-Jones potential and possess a tuneable speed are utilised to capture passive rods inside a hexagonal cage of individually addressable units. By adjusting the velocity of the individual active particles, the rod can then be transported. To guarantee a successful capture process (with a strong localisation), we find that specific geometric and energetic constraints have to be met; i.e., the length of the rod must approximately be in the vicinity of an odd multiple of the lattice constant of the hexagonal cage, and the Lennard-Jones interaction strength must be in the range of [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text]. If the cargo aspect ratio gets too large, the subsequent transport of successfully captured rods can fail. For systems where transport is possible, an increase in the cargo aspect ratio decreases the achievable transport velocity. Our work shows that the particle shape must be considered while designing interaction rules to accomplish specific tasks via groups of controllable units.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37699952
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42119-9
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-42119-9
pmc: PMC10497632
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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