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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 84, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061401
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We consider a nanodimer in solution with asymmetric thermal properties that shows self-propelled motion. One monomer of the nanodimer can be heated to a fixed temperature producing a radially symmetric temperature gradient. The thermophoretic properties of the second monomer produce then a propulsion against or toward the heated particle, such that the nanodimer becomes a puller or pusher nanoswimmer. We combine our simulation measurements with a theoretical analysis that satisfactorily characterizes the self-propelled velocity with the temperature gradient, and the thermophoretic properties of the bead.
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