Open AccessCollective Ratchet Transport Generated by Particle Crowding under Asymmetric Sawtooth‐Shaped Static Potential
Author(s) -
Hayakawa Masayuki,
Kishino Yusuke,
Takinoue Masahiro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2640-4567
DOI - 10.1002/aisy.202070070
Subject(s) - sawtooth wave , ratchet , ratchet effect , physics , particle (ecology) , nanotechnology , mechanics , computer science , materials science , work (physics) , quantum mechanics , telecommunications , biology , ecology
Ratchet Transport In article number 2000031 , Masahiro Takinoue and co‐workers demonstrate a novel method for collective ratchet transport of microparticles that spontaneously emerged through collision‐based interactions between crowded microparticles under an asymmetric sawtooth‐shaped static electric potential. No complicated switching of electric potential is required, so that simple, compact, and smart devices for microparticle manipulation will be developed based on this method in the future.