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Metachronal patterns in artificial cilia for low Reynolds number fluid propulsion

Edoardo Milana, Rongjing Zhang, Maria Rosaria Vetrano, Sam Peerlinck, Michaël De Volder, Patrick R. Onck, Dominiek Reynaerts, Benjamin Gorissen

Year
2020
Citations
81
Access
Open access

Abstract

The influence of metachronal patterns on ciliary fluid flow has been studied using a soft robotic cilia array and simulations.

Keywords

Reynolds numberPropulsionCiliumPhysicsVortexMechanicsFluid dynamicsFlow (mathematics)Classical mechanicsBiology

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