A furtive stare at an intra-cellular flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-4

  Squires, T M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological fluid dynamics; Low Reynolds number flows

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; FLUID MECHANICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; COUNTER EXAMPLES; FLUID MECHANICAL MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS FLUIDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR);

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ALGA; CELL ORGANELLE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ALGAE; CHARACEA;

EID: 76249110814     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992990     Document Type: Article

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