Abstract
Transport of ions and molecules under external field gradients is fundamental phenomena relevant to many biological systems including molecular motors in nature. As inspired from such biological transport, novel optical manipulation by using local solute gradient and the creation of self-propulsive particles are being developed using this technology. In this review article, we describe the basic principles behind those transport phenomena under a temperature and a solute concentration gradient and discuss novel manipulation tools for soft biological materials. The control of such micron-scale transport will bring new insight in design principles of functional materials showing autonomous motion as seen in molecular motors.
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This work was financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (JP16H00805, JP17H05234, JP18H05427 to YTM) and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) JP17KT0025 from MEXT (to YTM).
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Fukuyama, T., Maeda, Y.T. Opto-thermal diffusiophoresis of soft biological matter: from physical principle to molecular manipulation. Biophys Rev 12, 309–315 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-020-00692-7
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