Self-Motility of an Active Particle Induced by Correlations in the Surrounding Solution.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.268002
Abstract: Current models of phoretic transport rely on molecular forces creating a "diffuse" particle-fluid interface. We investigate theoretically an alternative mechanism, in which a diffuse interface emerges solely due to a nonvanishing correlation length of the… read more here.
Keywords: motility active; active particle; self motility; surrounding solution ... See more keywords