Spontaneous assembly of colloidal vesicles driven by active swimmers

We explore the self-assembly process of colloidal structures immersed in active baths. By considering low-valence particles we numerically investigate the irreversible aggregation dynamics originated by the presence of run-and-tumble swimmers. We observe the formation of long closed chains—vesicles—densely filled by active swimmers. On the one hand the active bath drives the self-assembly of closed colloidal structures, and on the other hand the vesicles formation fosters the self-trapping of swimmers, suggesting new ways both to build structured nanomaterials and to trap microorganisms.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

• Publication date

  2018-09-17

• Fields of study

  Chemistry, Medicine, Materials Science, Physics

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  DOI 10.1088/1361-648X/aaf516arXiv 1809.06254PMID 30523954
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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