Tag Archives: self-assembly
Self-assembled microswimmers
Locomotion at low Reynolds number is a key physical mechanism [1] for microscopic living organisms, but has lots of technological applications like nanomachines and microrobots [2]. Our last paper [3] proposes a tricky experiment for generating low Reynolds swimming of … Continue reading
3d printing revolution in the lab
Recent articles [1-3] emphasized the interest of 3d printing for scientists. In addition to pedagogical activities, during which students experience 3d models, scientific research can benefit a lot from such a technique. Scientists may build complex structures and may dream … Continue reading
Building sandcastles grain by grain
From sugar poured into a bowl to tons of grains discharge processes in industry, a peculiar feature of granular materials emerges : the formation of a pile. When the grains are not cohesive, only the friction and the grain geometry … Continue reading
Magnetic Cheerios Effect
When particles are suspended at the air-liquid interface, the deformation of the later implies attractive interactions. This is called the “Cheerios effect“, a reference to clumping of cereals in a breakfast bowl. In our last paper published in Phys. Rev. … Continue reading
