{"oa_version":"Published Version","arxiv":1,"volume":10,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","article_type":"original","date_updated":"2023-02-23T13:47:59Z","tmp":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"intvolume":" 10","extern":"1","ddc":["530"],"date_published":"2019-07-29T00:00:00Z","month":"07","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Molecular motors are essential to the living, generating fluctuations that boost transport and assist assembly. Active colloids, that consume energy to move, hold similar potential for man-made materials controlled by forces generated from within. Yet, their use as a powerhouse in materials science lacks. Here we show a massive acceleration of the annealing of a monolayer of passive beads by moderate addition of self-propelled microparticles. We rationalize our observations with a model of collisions that drive active fluctuations and activate the annealing. The experiment is quantitatively compared with Brownian dynamic simulations that further unveil a dynamical transition in the mechanism of annealing. Active dopants travel uniformly in the system or co-localize at the grain boundaries as a result of the persistence of their motion. Our findings uncover the potential of internal activity to control materials and lay the groundwork for the rise of materials science beyond equilibrium."}],"file":[{"access_level":"open_access","checksum":"70c6e5d6fbea0932b0669505ab6633ec","file_name":"2019_NatureComm_Ramananarivo.pdf","file_size":2820337,"date_updated":"2021-02-02T13:47:21Z","success":1,"file_id":"9061","relation":"main_file","creator":"cziletti","content_type":"application/pdf","date_created":"2021-02-02T13:47:21Z"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"article_number":"3380","_id":"9060","publication_identifier":{"issn":["2041-1723"]},"status":"public","publisher":"Springer Nature","date_created":"2021-02-02T13:43:36Z","year":"2019","issue":"1","external_id":{"pmid":["31358762"],"arxiv":["1909.07382"]},"file_date_updated":"2021-02-02T13:47:21Z","day":"29","pmid":1,"title":"Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers","publication":"Nature Communications","article_processing_charge":"No","type":"journal_article","oa":1,"has_accepted_license":"1","citation":{"short":"S. Ramananarivo, E. Ducrot, J.A. Palacci, Nature Communications 10 (2019).","chicago":"Ramananarivo, Sophie, Etienne Ducrot, and Jérémie A Palacci. “Activity-Controlled Annealing of Colloidal Monolayers.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y.","ista":"Ramananarivo S, Ducrot E, Palacci JA. 2019. Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers. Nature Communications. 10(1), 3380.","ama":"Ramananarivo S, Ducrot E, Palacci JA. Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers. Nature Communications. 2019;10(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y","apa":"Ramananarivo, S., Ducrot, E., & Palacci, J. A. (2019). Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y","ieee":"S. Ramananarivo, E. Ducrot, and J. A. Palacci, “Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers,” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2019.","mla":"Ramananarivo, Sophie, et al. “Activity-Controlled Annealing of Colloidal Monolayers.” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, 3380, Springer Nature, 2019, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y."},"quality_controlled":"1","scopus_import":"1","author":[{"last_name":"Ramananarivo","first_name":"Sophie","full_name":"Ramananarivo, Sophie"},{"full_name":"Ducrot, Etienne","first_name":"Etienne","last_name":"Ducrot"},{"id":"8fb92548-2b22-11eb-b7c1-a3f0d08d7c7d","full_name":"Palacci, Jérémie A","orcid":"0000-0002-7253-9465","last_name":"Palacci","first_name":"Jérémie A"}],"publication_status":"published","keyword":["General Biochemistry","Genetics and Molecular Biology","General Physics and Astronomy","General Chemistry"],"user_id":"D865714E-FA4E-11E9-B85B-F5C5E5697425"}