This dissertation contains original research on a range of problems involving the locomotion of different types of microswimmers, including both biological microorganisms and artificial colloids. Due to the physical constraints imposed by the inertialess hydrodynamics at these small scales, these swimmers rely on multiple locomotion strategies that are unfamiliar from the macroscale. The results presented here answer several theoretical questions concerning the fundamentals of specific propulsion mechanisms, as well as the interactions of a wide range of different microswimmers with geometrically complex environments. For a general spherical squirmer-type microswimmer we first analyse the swimming dynamics in a periodic three-dimensional l...
Life under the microscope is significantly different from our experiences in the macroscopic world. ...
Both biological micro-organisms and synthetic micro-robots propel through viscous liquids to achieve...
In the hydrodynamic environment of biological microorganisms inertia is irrelevant and all motion is...
Active matter systems are continuously consuming energy from the environment to achieve different pu...
Locomotion and transport of microorganisms in fluids is an essential aspect of life. Search for food...
Both biological swimming microorganisms and artificial active particles capable of propulsion have r...
In this thesis, we explore different topics in the broad field of microscale swimming, focussing on ...
Both biological swimming microorganisms and artificial active particles capable of propulsion have r...
Undulatory microswimmers, such as nematodes, are of great importance to agriculture, animal and huma...
Tiny self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide a...
Tiny self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide a...
The self-propulsion of artificial and biological microswimmers (or active colloidal particles) has o...
In this dissertation, we investigate the effect of shape on the motion of microscopic particles that...
In this dissertation, we investigate the effect of shape on the motion of microscopic particles that...
The spatiotemporal dynamics in systems of active self-propelled particles is controlled by the propu...
Life under the microscope is significantly different from our experiences in the macroscopic world. ...
Both biological micro-organisms and synthetic micro-robots propel through viscous liquids to achieve...
In the hydrodynamic environment of biological microorganisms inertia is irrelevant and all motion is...
Active matter systems are continuously consuming energy from the environment to achieve different pu...
Locomotion and transport of microorganisms in fluids is an essential aspect of life. Search for food...
Both biological swimming microorganisms and artificial active particles capable of propulsion have r...
In this thesis, we explore different topics in the broad field of microscale swimming, focussing on ...
Both biological swimming microorganisms and artificial active particles capable of propulsion have r...
Undulatory microswimmers, such as nematodes, are of great importance to agriculture, animal and huma...
Tiny self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide a...
Tiny self-propelled swimmers capable of autonomous navigation through complex environments provide a...
The self-propulsion of artificial and biological microswimmers (or active colloidal particles) has o...
In this dissertation, we investigate the effect of shape on the motion of microscopic particles that...
In this dissertation, we investigate the effect of shape on the motion of microscopic particles that...
The spatiotemporal dynamics in systems of active self-propelled particles is controlled by the propu...
Life under the microscope is significantly different from our experiences in the macroscopic world. ...
Both biological micro-organisms and synthetic micro-robots propel through viscous liquids to achieve...
In the hydrodynamic environment of biological microorganisms inertia is irrelevant and all motion is...