Fluctuotaxis: nanoscale directional motion away from regions of fluctuation

• Main Authors: Chen, Yang, Zhu, Fangyan, Leng, Jiantao, Ying, Tianquan, Jiang, Jin-Wu, Zhou, Quan, Chang, Tienchong, Guo, Wanlin, Gao, Huajian
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Mechanical vibration; Atomic fluctuation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174324
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Regulating the motion of nanoscale objects on a solid surface is vital for a broad range of technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and mechanotechnology. In spite of impressive advances achieved in the field, there is still a lack of a robust mechanism which can operate under a wide ran...