Abstract Active colloids are small scale materials capable of producing enhanced motion within fluid environments. The field of active colloids has grown rapidly over the last ten years and is approaching maturity where viable applications are within reach. In this review, recent advances are surveyed with a strong emphasis on developments that can enable autonomous applications, where colloids execute useful tasks without external interventions. These applications are likely to prove transformative as the resulting technologies will be significantly less complex than current methods. A survey of the requirements to achieve autonomous applications is provided, considering guidance, solution compatibilities, manufacture and function; with reference to recent developments in these capacities. Following on from this, progress towards applications in environmental remediation, lab-on-a-chip microfluidics and in vivo drug delivery is highlighted.
Active colloids: Progress and challenges towards realising autonomous applications
Published 2016 in Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
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- Publication year
2016
- Venue
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
- Publication date
2016-02-01
- Fields of study
Materials Science, Computer Science, Engineering
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Semantic Scholar
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- active colloids
Small-scale materials that can generate enhanced motion in fluid environments.
Aliases: active colloid
- autonomous applications
Uses in which colloids carry out useful tasks without external intervention.
Aliases: autonomous use
- autonomy requirements
The guidance, solution compatibility, manufacture, and function considerations needed for autonomous colloid operation.
Aliases: requirements for autonomous applications
- environmental remediation
An application area focused on using colloids for cleanup or removal of environmental contaminants.
Aliases: remediation
- in vivo drug delivery
The use of colloids to deliver drugs inside living organisms.
Aliases: drug delivery in vivo
- lab-on-a-chip microfluidics
Miniaturized microfluidic chip systems considered as a target application setting for colloids.
Aliases: LOC microfluidics, lab on a chip microfluidics
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