Micro-swimming without flagella: Propulsion by internal structures

Regular and Chaotic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-652

  Ehlers, Kurt M ^a   Koiller, Jair ^b  

^a Truckee Meadows Community College   (United States)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bio inspired micro swimming devices; efficiency; Stokes flows; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555194900     PISSN: 15603547     EISSN: 14684845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1560354711060050     Document Type: Article

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