The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

Activity and autonomous motion are fundamental in living and engineering systems. This has stimulated the new field of 'active matter' in recent years, which focuses on the physical aspects of propulsion mechanisms, and on motility-induced emergent collective behavior of a larger number of identical agents. The scale of agents ranges from nanomotors and microswimmers, to cells, fish, birds, and people. Inspired by biological microswimmers, various designs of autonomous synthetic nano- and micromachines have been proposed. Such machines provide the basis for multifunctional, highly responsive, intelligent (artificial) active materials, which exhibit emergent behavior and the ability to perform tasks in response…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• UO
  University of Oxford
• EC
  European Commission
• DF
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

  Award: SPP 1726
• RG
  Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
• FD
  Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
• GD
  Generalitat de Catalunya
• NO
  Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
• MD
  Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
• TU
  Technische Universität Berlin
• GS
  Gratama Stichting
• NS
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• AE
  Agencia Estatal de Investigación