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How to steer active colloids up a vertical wall

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  • Adérito Fins Carreira

    (Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière)

  • Adam Wysocki

    (Saarland University)

  • Christophe Ybert

    (Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière)

  • Mathieu Leocmach

    (Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière)

  • Heiko Rieger

    (Saarland University
    Leibniz Institute for New Materials INM)

  • Cécile Cottin-Bizonne

    (Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière)

Abstract

An important challenge in active matter lies in harnessing useful global work from entities that produce work locally, e.g., via self-propulsion. We investigate here the active matter version of a classical capillary rise effect, by considering a non-phase separated sediment of self-propelled Janus colloids in contact with a vertical wall. We provide experimental evidence of an unexpected and dynamic adsorption layer at the wall. Additionally, we develop a complementary numerical model that recapitulates the experimental observations. We show that an adhesive and aligning wall enhances the pre-existing polarity heterogeneity within the bulk, enabling polar active particles to climb up a wall against gravity, effectively powering a global flux. Such steady-state flux has no equivalent in a passive wetting layer.

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  • Adérito Fins Carreira & Adam Wysocki & Christophe Ybert & Mathieu Leocmach & Heiko Rieger & Cécile Cottin-Bizonne, 2024. "How to steer active colloids up a vertical wall," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45872-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45872-1
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