Helical micro-swimmer: hierarchical tail design and propulsive motility.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00823h
Abstract: Helical micro-swimmers have markedly extended the reach of human beings in numerous fields, ranging from in vitro tasks in lab-on-a-chip to in vivo applications for minimally invasive medicine. The previous studies on the propulsive motility… read more here.
Keywords: micro swimmer; propulsive motility; micro; design ... See more keywords
The dynamics of a planar beating micro-swimmer constructed using functional fluid
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DOI: 10.1177/1045389x20959454
Abstract: The dynamics of a flexible micro-swimmer that contains superparamagnetic beads of different diameter in an oscillating field is studied experimentally. Two types of artificial swimmers are fabricated to determine the flexing characteristics. The effect of… read more here.
Keywords: swimmer; planar beating; dynamics planar; beating micro ... See more keywords