Department of Physics Papers

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

9-30-2011

Comments

Suggested Citation:
Guasto, J. S., Johnson, K. A., & Gollub, J. P. (2011). Measuring oscillatory velocity fields due to swimming algae. Physics of Fluids. 23, 091112.

© 2011 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3640006

Abstract

"Single cells exhibit a diverse array of swimming strategies at low Reynolds number to search for nutrients, light, and other organisms. The fluid flows generated by their locomotion are important to understanding biomixing and interactions between cells in suspension..."

Keywords

biomechanics, cellular biophysics, flow measurement, fluid oscillations, hydrodynamics, microorganisms, propulsion, suspensions, velocity measurement

Date Posted: 20 January 2012

This document has been peer reviewed.