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Auteurs principaux: Obara, Kazuma, Kageyama, Yoshiyuki, Takeda, Sadamu
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Publié: 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.13667
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author Obara, Kazuma
Kageyama, Yoshiyuki
Takeda, Sadamu
author_facet Obara, Kazuma
Kageyama, Yoshiyuki
Takeda, Sadamu
contents A key goal in developing molecular microrobots that mimic real-world animal dynamic behavior is to understand better the self-continuous progressive motion resulting from collective molecular transformation. This study reports, for the first time, the experimental realization of directional swimming of a microcrystal that exhibits self-continuous reciprocating motion in a two-dimensional water tank. Although the reciprocal flip motion of the crystals was like that of a fish wagging its tail fin, many of the crystals swam in the opposite direction to which a fish would swim. Here we explore the directionality generation mechanism and physical features of the swimming behavior by constructing a mathematical model for the crystalline flapper. The results show that a tiny crystal with a less-deformable part in its flip fin exhibits a pull-type stroke swimming, while a crystal with a fin that uniformly deforms exhibits push-type kicking motion.
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spellingShingle Self-propulsion of a light-powered microscopic crystalline flapper in water
Obara, Kazuma
Kageyama, Yoshiyuki
Takeda, Sadamu
Soft Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Chemical Physics
A key goal in developing molecular microrobots that mimic real-world animal dynamic behavior is to understand better the self-continuous progressive motion resulting from collective molecular transformation. This study reports, for the first time, the experimental realization of directional swimming of a microcrystal that exhibits self-continuous reciprocating motion in a two-dimensional water tank. Although the reciprocal flip motion of the crystals was like that of a fish wagging its tail fin, many of the crystals swam in the opposite direction to which a fish would swim. Here we explore the directionality generation mechanism and physical features of the swimming behavior by constructing a mathematical model for the crystalline flapper. The results show that a tiny crystal with a less-deformable part in its flip fin exhibits a pull-type stroke swimming, while a crystal with a fin that uniformly deforms exhibits push-type kicking motion.
title Self-propulsion of a light-powered microscopic crystalline flapper in water
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.13667