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Self-propelled torus colloids

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Jiyuan Wang *
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Mu‐Jie Huang
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Raymond Kapral
DOI:10.1063/5.0012265delete
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Suspensions of chemically powered self-propelled colloidal particles are examples of active matter systems with interesting properties. While simple spherical Janus particles are often studied, it is known that geometry is important and recent experiments have shown that chemically active torus-shaped colloids behave differently from spherical colloids. In this paper, coarse-grained microscopic simulations of the dynamics of self-diffusiophoretic torus colloids are carried out in bulk solution in order to study how torus geometric factors influence their active motion. The concentration and velocity fields are key ingredients in self-diffusiophoretic propulsion, and the forms that these fields take in the colloid vicinity are shown to be strong functions of torus geometric parameters such as the torus hole size and thickness of the torus tube. This work utilizes a method where self-diffusiophoretic torus colloids with various geometric and dynamical characteristics can be built and studied in fluid media that include chemical reactions and fluid flows. The model can be used to investigate the collective properties of these colloids and their dynamics in confined systems, topics that are of general importance for applications that use colloidal motors with complex geometries.
Keywords:
MULTIPARTICLE COLLISION DYNAMICS
CATALYTIC NANOMOTORS
AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT
MESOSCOPIC MODEL
MICROMOTORS
COMPLEX
MOTION
HYDRODYNAMICS
SIMULATION
CHEMISTRY
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Journal of Chemical Physics cover
Journal of Chemical Physics
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3.1
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Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology
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university of toronto
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