Author(s): Saikat Das, Devika Venkuzhy Sudhakaran, Suvendu Kumar Panda, Dhruv Pratap Singh, Osamu Haba, and Surajit Dhara Colloidal microrobots actuated by external stimuli often exhibit complex locomotion that is reminiscent of biological microswimmers. We investigate the electrophoretic transport of metallodielectric Janus microspheres functionalized with a UV-responsive photoactive dendrimer suspended in a nematic l… [Phys. Rev. Applied 25, 014066] Published Wed Jan 28, 2026