Enhanced diffusion due to motile bacteria

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Min Jun ^a   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MIXING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STREAM FLOW;

BACTERIAL MOTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW CELLS;

DIFFUSION;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION;

EID: 4544257929     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1787527     Document Type: Article

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