Light-controlled flows in active fluids
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DOI: 10.1038/nphys3926
Abstract: The ability of phototactic microorganisms to move towards optimal light intensities is exploited to generate fluid flows on scales several orders larger than the swimmers themselves. These flows are shown to function as hydrodynamic tweezers. read more here.
Keywords: controlled flows; flows active; light controlled; active fluids ... See more keywords
Sounds and hydrodynamics of polar active fluids
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DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0123-4
Abstract: Spontaneously flowing liquids have been successfully engineered from a variety of biological and synthetic self-propelled units1–11. Together with their orientational order, wave propagation in such active fluids has remained a subject of intense theoretical studies12–17.… read more here.
Keywords: hydrodynamics polar; propagation; sounds hydrodynamics; active fluids ... See more keywords
Passive objects in confined active fluids: A localization transition.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.044604
Abstract: We study how walls confining active fluids interact with asymmetric passive objects placed in their bulk. We show that the objects experience nonconservative long-ranged forces mediated by the active bath. To leading order, these forces… read more here.
Keywords: objects confined; confined active; passive objects; active fluids ... See more keywords
Generalized Archimedes' principle in active fluids.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.032606
Abstract: We show how a gradient in the motility properties of noninteracting pointlike active particles can cause a pressure gradient that pushes a large inert object. We calculate the force on an object inside a system… read more here.
Keywords: active fluids; principle active; generalized archimedes; archimedes principle ... See more keywords
Force Generation in Confined Active Fluids: The Role of Microstructure.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.058001
Abstract: We experimentally determine the force exerted by a bath of active particles onto a passive probe as a function of its distance to a wall and compare it to the measured averaged density distribution of… read more here.
Keywords: active particles; confined active; force generation; active fluids ... See more keywords