Perspective: Nanomotors without moving parts that propel themselves in solution

Active Brownian particles in two-dimensional traps

(2012) A. Pototsky et al.   EPL

Motion of a colloidal sphere with interfacial self-electrochemical reactions induced by a magnetic field

(2012) Tzu H. Hsieh et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Self-propelled motion of a fluid droplet under chemical reaction

(2012) S. Yabunaka et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Nonlinear, electrocatalytic swimming in the presence of salt

(2012) Benedikt Sabass et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamics and efficiency of a self-propelled, diffusiophoretic swimmer

(2012) Benedikt Sabass et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Autonomous movement of platinum-loaded stomatocytes

(2012) Daniela A. Wilson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Collective dynamics of self-propelled sphere-dimer motors

(2012) Snigdha Thakur et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Size dependence of the propulsion velocity for catalytic Janus-sphere swimmers

(2012) Stephen Ebbens et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Crystallization in a Dense Suspension of Self-Propelled Particles

(2012) Julian Bialké et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamic Clustering in Active Colloidal Suspensions with Chemical Signaling

(2012) I. Theurkauff et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Diffusive transport without detailed balance in motile bacteria: does microbiology need statistical physics?

(2012) M E Cates   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Asymmetric Hybrid Silica Nanomotors for Capture and Cargo Transport: Towards a Novel Motion-Based DNA Sensor

(2012) Juliane Simmchen et al.   Small

A Polymerization-Powered Motor

(2011) Ryan A. Pavlick et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Interaction of a Chemically Propelled Nanomotor with a Chemical Wave

(2011) Snigdha Thakur et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Motors in fungal morphogenesis: cooperation versus competition

(2011) Gero Steinberg   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Diffusiophoresis of a nonuniformly charged sphere in an electrolyte solution

(2011) Xuan-Cuong Luu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Spontaneous mode-selection in the self-propelled motion of a solid/liquid composite driven by interfacial instability

(2011) Fumi Takabatake et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamics of self-propelled nanomotors in chemically active media

(2011) Snigdha Thakur et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Autonomous Nanomotor Based on Copper–Platinum Segmented Nanobattery

(2011) Ran Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Efficient Catalytic Microengines: Template Electrosynthesis of Polyaniline/Platinum Microtubes

(2011) Wei Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Swarming behavior of simple model squirmers

(2011) Shashi Thutupalli et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

A mesoscopic model for protein enzymatic dynamics in solution

(2011) Carlos Echeverria et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Simulations of thermophoretic nanoswimmers

(2011) Mingcheng Yang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Enhanced Diffusion due to Active Swimmers at a Solid Surface

(2011) Gastón Miño et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hydrodynamic synchronization at low Reynolds number

(2011) Ramin Golestanian et al.   Soft Matter

High-speed propulsion of flexible nanowire motors: Theory and experiments

(2011) On Shun Pak et al.   Soft Matter

Fuel for Thought: Chemically Powered Nanomotors Out-Swim Nature’s Flagellated Bacteria

(2010) Tihana Mirkovic et al.   ACS Nano

Phoretic motion of spheroidal particles due to self-generated solute gradients

(2010) M. N. Popescu et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Non-equilibrium dynamics of an active colloidal “chucker”

(2010) C. Valeriani et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Self-propelled nanodimer bound state pairs

(2010) Snigdha Thakur et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Motion Analysis of Self-Propelled Pt−Silica Particles in Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions

(2010) Hua Ke et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Substrate Catalysis Enhances Single-Enzyme Diffusion

(2010) Hari S. Muddana et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrochemically powered self-propelled electrophoretic nanosubmarines

(2010) Martin Pumera   Nanoscale

Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes

(2010) Kyle Lund et al.   NATURE

Self-assembled autonomous runners and tumblers

(2010) Stephen Ebbens et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Large-Scale Collective Properties of Self-Propelled Rods

(2010) Francesco Ginelli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Self-Organized Multiconstituent Catalytic Nanomotors

(2010) John G. Gibbs et al.   Small

Catalytic Nanomotors: Self-Propelled Sphere Dimers

(2010) Leonardo F. Valadares et al.   Small

Drop-Off of Colloidal Cargo Transported by Catalytic Pt-Au Nanomotors via Photochemical Stimuli

(2010) Shakuntala Sundararajan et al.   Small

Can Man-Made Nanomachines Compete with Nature Biomotors?

(2009) Joseph Wang   ACS Nano

Schooling Behavior of Light-Powered Autonomous Micromotors in Water

(2009) Michael Ibele et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Autonomously motile catalytic nanomotors by bubble propulsion

(2009) J. G. Gibbs et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced speed of bimetallic nanorod motors by surface roughening

(2009) Nicole S. Zacharia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Self-Propelled Polymer Nanomotors

(2009) Yu-Guo Tao et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Generic theory of colloidal transport

(2009) F. Jülicher et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

The Tumbleweed: Towards a synthetic protein motor

(2009) Elizabeth H. C. Bromley et al.   HFSP Journal

Thermally driven molecular linear motors: A molecular dynamics study

(2009) H. A. Zambrano et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Computational study of nanometer-scale self-propulsion enabled by asymmetric chemical catalysis

(2009) Yunfeng Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamics of chemically powered nanodimer motors subject to an external force

(2009) Yu-Guo Tao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Confinement effects on diffusiophoretic self-propellers

(2009) M. N. Popescu et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamic Interactions between Fast Microscale Rotors

(2009) Yang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemical Sensing Based on Catalytic Nanomotors: Motion-Based Detection of Trace Silver

(2009) Daniel Kagan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Self-Propelled Oil Droplets Consuming “Fuel” Surfactant

(2009) Taro Toyota et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Biomimetic behavior of synthetic particles: from microscopic randomness to macroscopic control

(2009) Yiying Hong et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Deformable Self-Propelled Particles

(2009) Takao Ohta et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Anomalous Diffusion of Symmetric and Asymmetric Active Colloids

(2009) Ramin Golestanian   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A Bipedal DNA Brownian Motor with Coordinated Legs

(2009) Tosan Omabegho et al.   SCIENCE

Powering Nanorobots

(2009) Thomas E. Mallouk et al.   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Nanolocomotion-Catalytic Nanomotors and Nanorotors

(2009) Tihana Mirkovic et al.   Small

Swimming upstream: self-propelled nanodimer motors in a flow

(2009) Yu-Guo Tao et al.   Soft Matter

Carbon-Nanotube-Induced Acceleration of Catalytic Nanomotors

(2008) Rawiwan Laocharoensuk et al.   ACS Nano

Ultrafast Catalytic Alloy Nanomotors

(2008) U. Korcan Demirok et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Designing patterned substrates to regulate the movement of capsules in microchannels

(2008) O. Berk Usta et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Design of chemically propelled nanodimer motors

(2008) Yu-Guo Tao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Synthetic Nanomotors in Microchannel Networks: Directional Microchip Motion and Controlled Manipulation of Cargo

(2008) Jared Burdick et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Programming biomolecular self-assembly pathways

(2008) Peng Yin et al.   NATURE

Molecular Machines Working on Surfaces and at Interfaces

(2007) Vincenzo Balzani et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM