Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity
Active fluids that consume local fuels to generate movements can be utilized to promote mixing in microfluidic devices. Here, Bate et al. show a transition from diffusion-like to superdiffusion-like behaviours with mixing efficacy depending on the Péclet number and spatial distribution of activities...
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| author | Teagan E. Bate Megan E. Varney Ezra H. Taylor Joshua H. Dickie Chih-Che Chueh Michael M. Norton Kun-Ta Wu |
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| description | Active fluids that consume local fuels to generate movements can be utilized to promote mixing in microfluidic devices. Here, Bate et al. show a transition from diffusion-like to superdiffusion-like behaviours with mixing efficacy depending on the Péclet number and spatial distribution of activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db0e2e4595d84322a26b889f8cb2446c2022-12-22T02:41:25ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-11-0113111410.1038/s41467-022-34396-1Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activityTeagan E. Bate0Megan E. Varney1Ezra H. Taylor2Joshua H. Dickie3Chih-Che Chueh4Michael M. Norton5Kun-Ta Wu6Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDepartment of Physics, New York UniversityDepartment of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDepartment of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDepartment of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung UniversitySchool of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteActive fluids that consume local fuels to generate movements can be utilized to promote mixing in microfluidic devices. Here, Bate et al. show a transition from diffusion-like to superdiffusion-like behaviours with mixing efficacy depending on the Péclet number and spatial distribution of activities.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34396-1 |
| spellingShingle | Teagan E. Bate Megan E. Varney Ezra H. Taylor Joshua H. Dickie Chih-Che Chueh Michael M. Norton Kun-Ta Wu Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity Nature Communications |
| title | Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| title_full | Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| title_fullStr | Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| title_short | Self-mixing in microtubule-kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| title_sort | self mixing in microtubule kinesin active fluid from nonuniform to uniform distribution of activity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34396-1 |
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