Autonomously moving colloidal objects that resemble living matter

DOI10.3390/E12112308MaRDI QIDQ657507zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Akihisa Shioi, Takahiko Ban, Youichi Morimune

Publication date 9 January 2012

Published in Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/e12112308

zbMATH Keywords

autonomous motionchemomechanical energy conversioncolloidal objectsnonlinear dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99) Chemistry (92E99)

Review text

Summary: The design of autonomously moving objects that resemble living matter is an excellent research topic that may develop into various applications of functional motion. Autonomous motion can demonstrate numerous significant characteristics such as transduction of chemical potential into work without heat, chemosensitive motion, chemotactic and phototactic motions, and pulse-like motion with periodicities responding to the chemical environment. Sustainable motion can be realized with an open system that exchanges heat and matter across its interface. Hence the autonomously moving object has a colloidal scale with a large specific area. This article reviews several examples of systems with such characteristics that have been studied, focusing on chemical systems containing amphiphilic molecules.

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