Acoustic trapping of active matter

Active matter, such as swimming bacteria, show unique behaviors under confinement, but it is experimentally challenging to measure them. Takatoriet al. show the use of acoustic tweezers to trap self-propelled Janus particles as an enabling tool to investigate collective motions in living systems.

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Main Authors: Sho C. Takatori, Raf De Dier, Jan Vermant, John F. Brady
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3c9b3fd37a544b679b394a2d431ecaf1
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