Design and operation of Janus particles have a great potential for applications in fields such as environmental remediation, electronic engineering, bio-imaging, bio-sensing, drug delivery and other biomedical tasks. Current research aims to imitate the molecular motors of biological systems by creating micro- and nano-scale particles which can exploit chemical energy so as to produce directional motion. The assembling of self-propelled particles and their movement can be controlled by using external fields, especially magnetic fields. The book references 332 original resources and includes their direct web link for in-depth reading.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Self-propulsion
- diffusiophoresis
- thermophoresis
- electrophoresis
- bubble generation
- External propulsion
- radiation
- magnetic field
- electric field
- Other propulsive phenomena
- General analyses of Janus particle motion
- Gravitaxis
- Effect of barriers
- Applications
- environmental remediation
- medical
- electronics
- References
