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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2021 We propose a model for a thermally driven microswimmer in which three spheres are connected by two springs with odd elasticity. We demonstrate that the presence of odd elasticity leads to the directional locomotion of the stochastic microswimmer.
Kento Yasuda +3 more
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Frontiers in Physics, 2021 One objective of active matter science is to unveil principles by which chaotic microscale dynamics could be transformed into useful work. A nematic liquid crystal environment offers a number of possibilities, one of which is a directional motion of an ...
Mojtaba Rajabi +7 more
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Hydrodynamics of an odd active surfer in a chiral fluid
New Journal of Physics, 2023 We theoretically and computationally study the low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics of a linear active microswimmer surfing on a compressible thin fluid layer characterized by an odd viscosity.
Yuto Hosaka +2 more
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Hydrodynamic Synchronisation of Model Microswimmers [PDF]
Journal of Statistical Physics, 2009 17 pages, 8 ...
Putz, V, Yeomans, J
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Bacterial Biohybrid Microswimmers
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 Over millions of years, Nature has optimized the motion of biological systems at the micro and nanoscales. Motor proteins to motile single cells have managed to overcome Brownian motion and solve several challenges that arise at low Reynolds numbers.
Julio Bastos-Arrieta +4 more
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Dynamics of a microswimmer–microplatelet composite [PDF]
Physics of Fluids, 2020 Guiding active microswimmers by external fields to requested target locations is a promising strategy to realize complex transport on the microscale. For this purpose, one possibility consists of attaching the microswimmers to orientable passive components.
Abdallah Daddi-Moussa-Ider +3 more
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Modeling Propulsion of Soft Magnetic Nanowires
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 The emergent interest in artificial nanostructures that can be remotely navigated a specific location in a fluidic environment is motivated by the enormous potential this technology offers to biomedical applications.
Yoni Mirzae +4 more
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Magnetically Actuated Colloidal Microswimmers
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008 To achieve permanent propulsion of micro-objects in confined fluids is an elusive but challenging goal that will foster future development of microfluidics and biotechnology. Recent attempts based on a wide variety of strategies are still far from being able to design simple, versatile, and fully controllable swimming engines on the microscale. Here we
Tierno, P. +3 more
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Miniaturization effect of electroosmotic self-propulsive microswimmer powered by biofuel cell
ROBOMECH Journal, 2019 For future medical microrobotics, we have proposed the concept of the electroosmotic self-propulsive microswimmer powered by biofuel cell. According to the derived theoretical model, its self-propulsion velocity is inversely proportional to the length of
Toshiro Yamanaka, Fumihito Arai
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Galvanotaxis of ciliates: spatiotemporal dynamics of Coleps hirtus under electric fields
New Journal of Physics, 2022 Galvanotaxis describes the functional response of organisms to electric fields. In ciliates, the electric field influences the electrophysiology, and thus, the cilia beat dynamics. This leads to a change of the swimming direction toward the cathode.
Anna Daul +2 more
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