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The European Physical Journal E (EPJE) has chosen its cover figure of the December 2021 issue from our study on self-propelling Janus particles.

17 December 2021

Cover figure of the EPJE Dec 2021 issue
Cover figure of the EPJE Dec 2021 issue

The paper presents an analytical study of self-propelling Janus particles to predict the temperature and velocity fields. The particles are powered by light irradiation of a defocused laser beam. Practical analytical approximations are given with good agreement with experiments. EJ Avital, T Miloh (2021) Self-thermophoresis of laser-heated spherical Janus particles, European Physical Journal E 44 (11), 1-13 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00128-4

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Updated by: Eldad Avital