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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik

CPP 72: Polymer Networks and Elastomers

CPP 72.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 15:00–15:30, ZEU 114

Physics of Fiberboids — •Igor Kulic — CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron, 23 rue du Loess BP 84047, 67034 STRASBOURG Cedex 2

Fiberboids are filaments trapped at the interface between two phases, able of harnessing energy and matter fluxes across the interface to produce a rolling-like self-propulsion. We experimentally demonstrate several common driving mechanisms and develop the physical framework for understanding the complex active dynamics of fiberboids. The phenomenon is highly generic and plays a role across scales, from the macroscopic realm down to the nanoscale, where it gives rise to chemical fuel-driven surface motility of various filamentous viruses.

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