Fluid mixing by curved trajectories of microswimmers.

We consider the tracer diffusion D(rr) that arises from the run-and-tumble motion of low Reynolds number swimmers, such as bacteria. Assuming a dilute suspension, where the bacteria move in uncorrelated runs of length λ, we obtain an exact expression for D(rr) for dipolar swimmers in three dimension...

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Autors principals: Pushkin, DO, Yeomans, J
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2013