A Pili-Driven Bacterial Turbine

Simulation study of passive rod diffusion in active bath: Nonmonotonic length dependence and abnormal translation-rotation coupling

(2020) Rui-kai Xu et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Autonomous Engines Driven by Active Matter: Energetics and Design Principles

(2019) Patrick Pietzonka et al.   Physical Review X

Intermittent Pili-Mediated Forces Fluidize Neisseria meningitidis Aggregates Promoting Vascular Colonization

(2018) Daria Bonazzi et al.   CELL

Pili mediated intercellular forces shape heterogeneous bacterial microcolonies prior to multicellular differentiation

(2018) Wolfram Pönisch et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiscale modeling of bacterial colonies: how pili mediate the dynamics of single cells and cellular aggregates

(2017) Wolfram Pönisch et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Elasticity-based polymer sorting in active fluids: a Brownian dynamics study

(2017) Jaeoh Shin et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Light controlled 3D micromotors powered by bacteria

(2017) Gaszton Vizsnyiczai et al.   Nature Communications

Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments

(2016) Clemens Bechinger et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Architecture of the type IVa pilus machine

(2016) Yi-Wei Chang et al.   SCIENCE

Motion of two micro-wedges in a turbulent bacterial bath

(2015) A. Kaiser et al.   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

Using confined bacteria as building blocks to generate fluid flow

(2015) Zhiyong Gao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Pili-Induced Clustering of N. gonorrhoeae Bacteria

(2015) Johannes Taktikos et al.   PLoS One

Uncovering the Mechanism of Trapping and Cell Orientation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae Twitching Motility

(2014) Vasily Zaburdaev et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The number of Neisseria meningitidis type IV pili determines host cell interaction

(2014) A.-F. Imhaus et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Bacterial twitching motility is coordinated by a two-dimensional tug-of-war with directional memory

(2014) Rahul Marathe et al.   Nature Communications

Time Integrators for Molecular Dynamics

(2013) Nawaf Bou-Rabee   Entropy

The bacterial type IV pilus system – a tunable molecular motor

(2013) Berenike Maier   Soft Matter

Bacteria use type-IV pili to slingshot on surfaces

(2011) F. Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Pilus Motors Cooperate for Persistent Bacterial Movement in Two Dimensions

(2010) Claudia Holz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Bacterial ratchet motors

(2010) R. Di Leonardo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Force-dependent polymorphism in type IV pili reveals hidden epitopes

(2010) N. Biais et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Starting Micromotors in a Bacterial Bath

(2009) Luca Angelani et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Swimming bacteria power microscopic gears

(2009) A. Sokolov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of quantity and configuration of attached bacteria on bacterial propulsion of microbeads

(2008) Bahareh Behkam et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS