https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-02067-x
Review
Transport phenomena and dynamics of externally and self-propelled colloids in confined geometry
1 Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
2 Helmholtz-Center Dresden-Rossendorf, 01314 Dresden, Germany
Received: 6 September 2013
Revised: 17 September 2013
Published online: 25 November 2013
Over the last decades, colloidal suspensions have been proven as powerful model systems to reveal fundamental questions in soft matter or general physics. In this work, we will focus on the influence of interaction and confinement to the mobility of colloidal particles as well as to the transport behavior of particles over obstacles placed in a micro-channel. Both experiments are supported with Brownian dynamics simulations to complete the experimental work. The paper concludes with the investigation of the behavior of single active swimmers close to a wall.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2013
