Self-propelled Janus particles with externally regulated anisotropic interactions can be made to swarm, cluster and form slithering chains.
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Di Leonardo, R. Controlled collective motions. Nature Mater 15, 1057–1058 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4761
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