Asymmetry and stability of shape kinematics in microswimmers' motion

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Or, Yizhar ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC SYMMETRY; INTERNAL BENDING; JOINT TORQUES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PERIODIC GAITS; SELF-PROPULSION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 84862540856     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.258101     Document Type: Article

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