Reconfigurable structure and tunable transport in synchronized active spinner materials

Han, Koohee; Kokot, Gašper; Das, Shibananda; Winkler, Roland G.; Gompper, Gerhard; Snezhko, Alexey

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaz8535

Reconfigurable structure and tunable transport in synchronized active spinner materials

Journal Article · Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz8535· OSTI ID:1615757

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Northwestern Argonne Inst. of Science and Engineering (NAISE), Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics
Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). Inst. of Complex Systems and Inst. for Advanced Simulation, and Inst. of Complex Systems
Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). Inst. of Complex Systems and Inst. for Advanced Simulation

Ensembles of actuated colloids are excellent model systems to explore emergent out-of-equilibrium structures, complex collective dynamics, and design rules for the next generation materials. Here, we demonstrate that ferromagnetic microparticles suspended at an air-water interface and energized by an external rotating magnetic field spontaneously form dynamic ensembles of synchronized spinners in a certain range of the excitation field parameters. Each spinner generates strong hydrodynamic flows, and collective interactions of the multiple spinners promote a formation of dynamic lattices. On the basis of experiments and simulations, we reveal structural transitions from liquid to nearly crystalline states in this novel active spinner material and demonstrate that dynamic spinner lattices are reconfigurable, capable of self-healing behavior and that the transport of embedded inert cargo particles can be remotely tuned by the parameters of the external excitation field. Our findings provide insights into the behavior of active spinner materials with reconfigurable structural order and tunable functionalities.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1615757

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 6; ISSN 2375-2548

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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