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  "abstract": "Does a collection of magnetically driven rotors necessarily rotate in the same direction as its individual members? We show that rotors driven by a rotating magnetic field self-assemble into clusters whose collective rotation can oppose the self-rotation of every rotor within them. The reversal arises from competition between rotation-translation coupling and dipolar interactions, which favor opposite directions of collective rotation. Their balance varies with system size and driving frequency, producing a transition between the two handed states, while hydrodynamic interactions shift the transition boundary. Collective handedness can thus emerge opposite to the field-imposed single-rotor rotation without reversing the external field, and can be tuned through system size and driving frequency.",
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      "name": "Ke Zhong"
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      "name": "Shiladitya Banerjee"
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  "title": "Emergent Chirality Reversal in Magnetically Driven Rotor Clusters",
  "title_text": "Emergent Chirality Reversal in Magnetically Driven Rotor Clusters",
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