Transport of nanodimers through chemical microchip*

Shun Zhan,Ru-Fei Cui,Li-Yan Qiao,Jiang-Xing Chen

Figure 1. Dynamics of the self-propelled nanodimers in the microfluid chip device. Plots show the instantaneous configuration at (a) t = 0, (b) t = 850, and (c) t = 5600 in a 100 × 40 × 5 slice. Five dimers with Catalytic spheres (red) and noncatalytic spheres (blue) are initially placed in the left container full of point-like solvent particles (blue). The chemical pathways are indicated by the stripe full of fuel particles (yellow). The black beads bind the container and the chip. The size parameters: ${L}_{x1}=30,{L}_{x2}=70$ .