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  • The direct conversion of light into work allows the control of micromotors, but typically with low efficiencies and high power density requirements. Here, Maggiet al. demonstrate efficient thermocapillary propulsion of microgears on a liquid–air interface with wide-field, incoherent illumination.

    • Claudio Maggi
    • Filippo Saglimbeni
    • Roberto Di Leonardo
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-5

  • Bacteria are able to propel themselves and thus drive systems out of equilibrium. Here the authors aim to control this motion and exploit it in microengineered motors which are powered by genetically modified bacteria and driven by light.

    • Gaszton Vizsnyiczai
    • Giacomo Frangipane
    • Roberto Di Leonardo
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 8, P: 1-7

  • Most biological and artificial self-propelled particles tend to be attracted by solid walls on their swimming pathways. Vizsnyiczai et al. show that, unexpectedly, confining E. coli cells inside a channel triggers stable locomotion along the channel axis once the channel is narrower than a critical value.

    • Gaszton Vizsnyiczai
    • Giacomo Frangipane
    • Roberto Di Leonardo
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-7