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Do magnetic micro-swimmers move like eukaryotic cells?
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Roper, Marcus, Dreyfus, R., Baudry, J., Fermigier, M., Bibette, J. and Stone, H. A (2008) Do magnetic micro-swimmers move like eukaryotic cells? Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol.464 (No.2092). pp. 877-904. doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.0285 ISSN 1364-5021.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0285
Abstract
Recent advances in micro-machining allow very small cargos, such as single red blood cells, to be moved by outfitting them with tails made of micrometre-sized paramagnetic particles yoked together by polymer bridges. When a time-varying magnetic field is applied to such a filament, it bends from side to side and propels itself through the fluid, dragging the load behind it. Here, experimental data and a mathematical model are presented showing the dependence of the swimming speed and direction of the magnetic micro-swimmer upon tunable parameters, such as the field strength and frequency and the filament length. The propulsion of the filament arises from the propagation of bending waves between free and tethered ends: here we show that this gives the micro-swimmer a gait that is intermediate between a eukaryotic cell and a waggled elastic rod. Finally, we extract from the model design principles for constructing the fastest swimming micro-swimmer by tuning experimental parameters.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | ||||
Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 1364-5021 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.464 | ||||
Number: | No.2092 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 877-904 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1098/rspa.2007.0285 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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