Self-assembled reconfigurable pump architectures via magnetic colloidal swarms

Han, Koohee; Glatz, Andreas; Snezhko, Alexey

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.064073

Self-assembled reconfigurable pump architectures via magnetic colloidal swarms

Journal Article · Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2024 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.064073· OSTI ID:2572926

^[1]; Glatz, Andreas ^[2]; Snezhko, Alexey ^[3]

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu (Korea, Republic of)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Self-assembled swarms of interactive active units, which are adaptive and dynamically reconfigurable to accommodate different functionalities, represent a promising platform for the development of next-generation robotics. Here, we utilize the emergent collective behavior of active magnetic colloids confined in quasi-two-dimensional arrays of overlapping wells to demonstrate the self-organization of a colloidal swarm into a dynamic pump architecture capable of controlled transport of passive cargo particles. This dynamic architecture provides a global unidirectional looping flow pattern along the entire length of the system. We show that the flow direction of the dynamic swarm-based pump can be externally controlled by a phase shift of a driving magnetic field energizing the swarm. The experimental observations are supported by computational modeling based on phenomenological coarse-grained particle dynamics coupled to shallow-water Navier-Stokes hydrodynamics. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate how the emergent collective behavior of a swarm can be orchestrated into a desired functionality by exploiting the interplay between activity and confinement potentials.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: National Research Foundation of Korea; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2572926

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 22; ISSN 2331-7019

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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