Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow
We investigate the collective behavior of magnetic swimmers, which are suspended in a Poiseuille flow and placed under an external magnetic field, using analytical techniques and Brownian dynamics simulations. We find that the interplay between intrinsic activity, external alignment, and magnetic di...
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American Physical Society
2018
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author | Meng, F Matsunaga, D Golestanian, R |
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description | We investigate the collective behavior of magnetic swimmers, which are suspended in a Poiseuille flow and placed under an external magnetic field, using analytical techniques and Brownian dynamics simulations. We find that the interplay between intrinsic activity, external alignment, and magnetic dipole-dipole interactions leads to longitudinal structure formation. Our work sheds light on a recent experimental observation of a clustering instability in this system. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:c4a8d735-fae4-4be8-a0e2-4a3aae10d6de2022-03-27T06:25:11ZClustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flowJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c4a8d735-fae4-4be8-a0e2-4a3aae10d6deSymplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Physical Society2018Meng, FMatsunaga, DGolestanian, RWe investigate the collective behavior of magnetic swimmers, which are suspended in a Poiseuille flow and placed under an external magnetic field, using analytical techniques and Brownian dynamics simulations. We find that the interplay between intrinsic activity, external alignment, and magnetic dipole-dipole interactions leads to longitudinal structure formation. Our work sheds light on a recent experimental observation of a clustering instability in this system. |
spellingShingle | Meng, F Matsunaga, D Golestanian, R Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title | Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title_full | Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title_fullStr | Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title_full_unstemmed | Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title_short | Clustering of magnetic swimmers in a Poiseuille flow |
title_sort | clustering of magnetic swimmers in a poiseuille flow |
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