{"id":1701,"date":"2019-10-23T00:28:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T04:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/?page_id=1701"},"modified":"2020-03-18T21:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T01:20:19","slug":"self-propelling-active-particles-microbots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/research\/self-propelling-active-particles-microbots\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-propelling Active Particles &amp; Microbots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center n_bg-reynolds wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"tadv-color\">Research Description<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"n_bg-gray-25\"> Velev\u2019s group has demonstrated how miniature semiconductor diode &#8220;particles&#8221; suspended in water propel themselves electroosmotically. The diodes suggest rudimentary solutions to problems facing self-propelling microdevices, including harvesting power from external sources, internally controlled movement, and can be steered remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center n_bg-reynolds wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"tadv-color\">Current Projects<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Coming Soon!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center n_bg-reynolds wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"tadv-color\">Previous Projects<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Field-Driven Assembly of Anisotropic Patchy Particles for Soft Microbotics<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/members\/han\/\">KooHee Han<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assembly and actuation of anisotropic particles<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/members\/shields\/\">Wyatt Shields<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Manipulation of Fluids and Particles on the Micro-scale with Evaporation-induced, Dielectrophoretic and Electrokinetic Forces<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/members\/chang\/\">SukTai Chang<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center n_bg-reynolds wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"tadv-color\">Representative Publications<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-018-04183-y\">Ohiri, U.; Shields, C. W.; Han, K.; Tyler, T.; Velev, O. D.; Jokerst, N. Reconfigurable Engineered Motile Semiconductor Microparticles.\u00a0<em>Nature Communications<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2018<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>9<\/em>\u00a0(1), 1791.\u00a0DOI: 10.1038\/s41467-018-04183-y<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/3\/8\/e1701108\">Han, K.; Shields, C.W., IV; Diwakar, N.M.; Bharti, B.; L\u00f3pez, G.P.; Velev, O.D. Sequence-encoded colloidal origami and microbot assemblies from patchy magnetic cubes.\u00a0<em>Science Advances<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2017.<\/strong>\u00a0DOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.1701108.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/la204774s\">Kleinert, J.; Kim, S., Velev, O. D. Electric-field-controlled flow in nanoscale-thin wetting films.\u00a0<em>Langmuir<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2012<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>28<\/em>, 3037\u22123044.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2009\/PC\/B803015B\">Velev, O. D.; Gangwal, S.; Petsev, D. N. Particle-localized AC and DC manipulation and electrokinetics.\u00a0<em>Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry, Section C: Physical Chemistry<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2009<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>105<\/em>, 213\u2013246.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prl.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v100\/i5\/e058302\">Gangwal, S.; Cayre, O. J.; Bazant, M. Z.; Velev, O. D.\u00a0<em>Physical Review Letters<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2008<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>100<\/em>, 058302.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nmat\/journal\/v6\/n3\/full\/nmat1843.html\">Chang, S. T.; Paunov, V. N.; Petsev, D. N.; Velev, O. D. Remotely powered self-propelling particles and micropumps based on miniature diodes.\u00a0<em>Nature Materials<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2007<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>6<\/em>, 235\u2013240.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Description Velev\u2019s group has demonstrated how miniature semiconductor diode &#8220;particles&#8221; suspended in water propel themselves electroosmotically. 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