Active Colloidal and Micro Systems for Propulsion and Manipulation
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E:Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 6469
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dielectrophoresis; microfluidics and nanofluidics; lab-on-chip; microplastics; soft materials and interfaces; biosensor; particle manipulation and separation; biological cell characterization
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Interests: microfluidics; micro/nano-fabrication; smart materials; surface modification; biomimetic sensors and systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Colloidal suspensions are heterogeneous fluids containing solid microscopic particles. They play a crucial role in our everyday life, from the food and pharmaceutical industries to medicine and nanotechnology. The colloidal suspensions include two major classes: equilibrium and active, i.e., maintained out of thermodynamic equilibrium by external electric or magnetic fields, light, chemical reactions, or hydrodynamic shear flow. Due to the remarkable properties of converting available energy sources into directed propulsion and the capability of dynamic self-assembly into complex functional geometry, active colloidal suspensions are fabricated for the application of tunable self-assembled micro-swimmers and micro-robots. To precisely control and manipulate these micro/nanoscale targets and objects, the microsystem, including microfluidic and nanofluidic platforms, provides a powerful and promising technique for their potential in the fields of chemical, biological, and environmental science. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on novel methodological developments for the generation, fabrication, and utilization of active colloidal suspensions in a variety formats, with particular interest being paid to techniques for self-propulsion micro-swimmers and micro-robots as well as the manipulation, separation, characterization, and identification of micro/nanoscale particles and targets in micron systems.
Dr. Kai Zhao
Dr. Kaihuan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- active colloidal
- stimuli-responsive materials
- micro-swimmers
- manipulation and separation
- dielectrophoresis
- microfluidics
- micro-/nanofabrication
- micro systems