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一种细菌棘轮马达

A bacterial ratchet motor

R. Di Leonardo, L. Angelani, G. Ruocco, V. Iebba, M. P. Conte, S. Schippa, F. De Angelis, F. Mecarini, E. Di Fabrizio

摘要:

自我推进的细菌是纳米技术的梦想。这些单细胞生物不仅能够生存和繁殖,而且它们可以非常有效地游泳,感知环境并寻找食物,所有这些都被包装在几微米的身体中。在这种完美的机器可以人工组装之前,研究人员已经开始探索利用细菌作为微型设备推进单元的新方法。提出的策略需要在合成表面上对齐和结合细菌细胞的仔细任务,以便使它们合作工作。在这里,我们表明,不对称的微型齿轮可以自发旋转时,浸泡在一个活跃的细菌浴。推进机制由能动的大肠杆菌细胞沿着纳米制造的转子的锯齿状边界自组装而成。我们的研究结果突出了技术上的影响,活性物质的能力,以克服热力学第二定律对平衡被动流体的限制。

英文摘要:

Self-propelling bacteria are a dream of nano-technology. These unicellular organisms are not just capable of living and reproducing, but they can swim very efficiently, sense the environment and look for food, all packaged in a body measuring a few microns. Before such perfect machines could be artificially assembled, researchers are beginning to explore new ways to harness bacteria as propelling units for micro-devices. Proposed strategies require the careful task of aligning and binding bacterial cells on synthetic surfaces in order to have them work cooperatively. Here we show that asymmetric micro-gears can spontaneously rotate when immersed in an active bacterial bath. The propulsion mechanism is provided by the self assembly of motile Escherichia coli cells along the saw-toothed boundaries of a nano-fabricated rotor. Our results highlight the technological implications of active matter's ability to overcome the restrictions imposed by the second law of thermodynamics on equilibrium passive fluids.

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