Interactions between two bodies that are both attractive and repulsive — such as predators chasing prey — are common in nature. Similar chasing behaviour has now been engineered in self-propelling microdroplets and controlled through fundamental physical and chemical mechanisms.
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Maass, C.C. Oil droplets cut to the chase. Nat. Chem. 12, 1091–1093 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-00581-2
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