Self-assembled vesicle-colloid hybrid swimmers: Non-reciprocal strokes with reciprocal actuation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab892b

Abstract We consider a self-assembled hybrid system, composed of a bilayer vesicle to which a number of colloids are adhered. Based on known results of membrane curvature elasticity, we predict that, for sufficiently deflated prolate vesicles, the colloids can self-assemble into a ring at a finite distance away from the vesicle equator, thus breaking the up-down symmetry in the system. Because the relative variation of the position of the colloidal ring along the vesicle endows the system with an effective elasticity, periodic cycles of inflation and deflation can lead to non-reciprocal shape changes of the vesicle-colloid hybrid, allowing it to swim in a low Reynolds number environment under reciprocal actuation. We design several actuation protocols that allow control over the swimming direction.

Keywords: vesicles colloids microswimmers curvature

Received: 30 January 2020
Revised: 18 March 2020
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PACS:	47.63.Gd	(Swimming microorganisms)
	47.63.mf	(Low-Reynolds-number motions)
	87.16.D-	(Membranes, bilayers, and vesicles)

Corresponding Authors: Jaime Agudo-Canalejo
E-mail: jaime.agudo@ds.mpg.de

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Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Babak Nasouri Self-assembled vesicle-colloid hybrid swimmers: Non-reciprocal strokes with reciprocal actuation 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 064704

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