Selected publications

Light-dependent switching of circling handedness in microswimmer navigation

Z. Wang, S. Bentley, J. Li, K. Y. Wan, and A. C. H. Tsang
Physical Review Letters 136, 078301 (2026)

This work shows how beat plane reorientation can switch the circling handedness of microswimmer trajectories.

Paper / Physics Magazine focus / Editor's suggestion

PRL handedness switching

Intermediate light adaptation induces oscillatory phototaxis switching and pattern formation in Chlamydomonas

Z. Wang, and A. C. H. Tsang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (24), e2425369122 (2025)

This work demonstrates how light adaptation can drive oscillatory phototaxis switching and collective pattern formation.

Paper

Oscillatory phototaxis

Reinforcement learning selects multimodal locomotion strategies for bioinspired microswimmers

Y. Liu, Z. Wang, and A. C. H. Tsang
Soft Matter 21, 2363 (2025)
† These authors contributed equally.

This work uses reinforcement learning to select adaptive locomotion strategies for bioinspired microswimmers.

Paper

Reinforcement learning strategies for bioinspired microswimmers

Principles and applications of single particle tracking in cell research

Z. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. Xu, and X. Han
Small 17(11), 2005133 (2021)

This review summarizes how single-particle tracking can reveal cellular mechanics and intracellular dynamics.

Paper

Single particle tracking

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