Directed transport of active particles over asymmetric energy barriers

• DOI: 10.1039/c4sm00665h
• Publication Date: 2014-05-30T09:34:57Z
• Authors: N. Koumakis; C. Maggi; R. Di Leonardo
• Keywords: Effective temperature; Particle (ecology)

We investigate the transport of multiple types active colloids to target regions and find that transition rates over asymmetric energy barriers can be unbalanced by variation a local effective temperature barrier sides.