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SUMMARY:Designing Molecular Swimmers - Prof. Ramin Golestanian\, Departmen
 t of Physics and Astronomy\, University of Sheffield
DTSTART:20081107T141500Z
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CONTACT:Jurij Kotar
DESCRIPTION:The directed propulsion of small scale objects in water is\npr
 oblematic because of the combination of low Reynolds number and\nBrownian 
 motion on these length scales. One possibility for designing\npropulsion i
 s to devise non-reciprocal deformation strategies that\nare simple enough 
 to be realizable. Another strategy could be to take\nadvantage of various 
 phoretic phenomena. In this seminar\, a number of\nsimple models from each
  category will be introduced and the experimental\nrealization of one of t
 hese devices at Sheffield and another one in Barcelona\nwill be reported t
 ogether with the quantitative analysis of the \nobserved motion.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory
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