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A simple self-organized swimmer driven by molecular motors
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-scidok-20689
URL: http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2009/2068/
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(2008) epl : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics. - 84. 2008, 6, 68002, S. 1-6. - http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/84/68002
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SWD-Schlagwörter:
Synchronisierung , Schwimmen
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch):
Low-Reynolds-number, swimming, microscopic, synchronization
PACS - Klassifikation:
05.45.Xt , 47.15.G- , 87.16.-b
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Physik
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ResearchPaper
Sprache:
Englisch
Erstellungsjahr:
2008
Publikationsdatum:
21.01.2009
Kurzfassung auf Englisch:
We investigate a self-organized swimmer at low Reynolds numbers. The microscopic swimmer is composed of three spheres that are connected by two identical active linker arms. Each linker arm contains molecular motors and elastic elements and can oscillate spontaneously. We find that such a system immersed in a viscous fluid can self-organize into a state of directed swimming. The swimmer provides a simple system to study important aspects of the swimming of micro-organisms.
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