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ArticleThe European physical journal. E, Soft matter2018

Flagellated microswimmers: Hydrodynamics in thin liquid films.

Daniela Pimponi, Mauro Chinappi, Paolo Gualtieri

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Article in The European physical journal. E, Soft matter, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Topical Issue on Fluids and Structures: Multi-scale coupling and modeling.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2019
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  3. Stokes velocity generated by a point force in various geometries.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Daniela PimponiDipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Sapienza Università di Roma, via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma, Italy.
Mauro ChinappiDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Roma, Italy.
Paolo GualtieriDipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Sapienza Università di Roma, via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Roma, Italy. paolo.gualtieri@uniroma1.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hydrodynamics of a flagellated microswimmer moving in thin films is discussed. The fully resolved hydrodynamics is exploited by solving the Stokes equations for the actual geometry of the swimmer. Two different interfaces are used to confine the swimmer: a bottom solid wall and a top air-liquid interface, as appropriate for a thin film. The swimmer follows curved clockwise trajectories that can converge towards an asymptotically stable circular path or can result in a collision with one of the two interfaces. A bias towards the air-liquid interface emerges. Slight changes in the swimmer geometry and film thickness strongly affect the resulting dynamics suggesting that a very reach phenomenology occurs in the presence of confinement. Under specific conditions, the swimmer follows a "crown-like" path. Implications for the motion of bacteria close to an air bubble moving in a microchannel are discussed.

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HydrodynamicsModels, TheoreticalMovementEscherichia coliFlagellaPseudomonas aeruginosaSurface PropertiesTopical issue: Fluids and Structures: Multi-scale coupling and modeling

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