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_id: '9060'
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.
article_number: '3380'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Sophie
full_name: Ramananarivo, Sophie
last_name: Ramananarivo
- first_name: Etienne
full_name: Ducrot, Etienne
last_name: Ducrot
- first_name: Jérémie A
full_name: Palacci, Jérémie A
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last_name: Palacci
orcid: 0000-0002-7253-9465
citation:
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
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.
ieee: S. Ramananarivo, E. Ducrot, and J. A. Palacci, “Activity-controlled annealing
of colloidal monolayers,” Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1. Springer
Nature, 2019.
ista: Ramananarivo S, Ducrot E, Palacci JA. 2019. Activity-controlled annealing
of colloidal monolayers. Nature Communications. 10(1), 3380.
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.
short: S. Ramananarivo, E. Ducrot, J.A. Palacci, Nature Communications 10 (2019).
date_created: 2021-02-02T13:43:36Z
date_published: 2019-07-29T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T13:47:59Z
day: '29'
ddc:
- '530'
doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11362-y
extern: '1'
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1909.07382'
pmid:
- '31358762'
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keyword:
- General Biochemistry
- Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Chemistry
language:
- iso: eng
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
pmid: 1
publication: Nature Communications
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2041-1723
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publisher: Springer Nature
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title: Activity-controlled annealing of colloidal monolayers
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