“…This is in qualitative agreement with theoretical calculations for a swimmer near a wall. 52 Despite the fact that the propulsion force may become very large under strong confinements, the swimming velocity can never exceed the velocity of a swimmer in an unbound fluid for r sq /R cap -0. This indicates that the fluid resistance generally grows faster than the propulsion force with increasing confinement, due to the assumption of a force-free swimmer.…”
Biological and artificial microswimmers often have to propel through a variety of environments, ranging from heterogeneous suspending media to strong geometrical confinement. Under confinement, local flow fields generated by microswimmers,...
“…This is in qualitative agreement with theoretical calculations for a swimmer near a wall. 52 Despite the fact that the propulsion force may become very large under strong confinements, the swimming velocity can never exceed the velocity of a swimmer in an unbound fluid for r sq /R cap -0. This indicates that the fluid resistance generally grows faster than the propulsion force with increasing confinement, due to the assumption of a force-free swimmer.…”
Biological and artificial microswimmers often have to propel through a variety of environments, ranging from heterogeneous suspending media to strong geometrical confinement. Under confinement, local flow fields generated by microswimmers,...
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