Hydrodynamic induced deformation and orientation of a microscopic elastic filament

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lagomarsino, M Cosentino ^a   Pagonabarraga, I ^b   Lowe, C P ^c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BUCKLING INSTABILITY; ELASTIC FILAMENTS; MICROFILAMENTS;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FILAMENTS; FLUID FLOW; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 18444410987     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.148104     Document Type: Article

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