Designing highly efficient interlocking interactions in anisotropic active particles.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Jul 2024
07 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
16
10
2023
accepted:
26
06
2024
medline:
7
7
2024
pubmed:
7
7
2024
entrez:
6
7
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Cluster formation of microscopic swimmers is key to the formation of biofilms and colonies, efficient motion and nutrient uptake, but, in the absence of other interactions, requires high swimmer concentrations to occur. Here we experimentally and numerically show that cluster formation can be dramatically enhanced by an anisotropic swimmer shape. We analyze a class of model microswimmers with a shape that can be continuously tuned from spherical to bent and straight rods. In all cases, clustering can be described by Michaelis-Menten kinetics governed by a single scaling parameter that depends on particle density and shape only. We rationalize these shape-dependent dynamics from the interplay between interlocking probability and cluster stability. The bent rod shape promotes assembly in an interlocking fashion even at vanishingly low particle densities and we identify the most efficient shape to be a semicircle. Our work provides key insights into how shape can be used to rationally design out-of-equilibrium self-organization, key to creating active functional materials and processes that require two-component assembly with high fidelity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38971812
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49955-x
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-49955-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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