Microscale locomotion in a nematic liquid crystal

Minimal model for transient swimming in a liquid crystal

(2015) Madison S. Krieger et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Phase-separation models for swimming enhancement in complex fluids

(2015) Yi Man et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Individual behavior and pairwise interactions between microswimmers in anisotropic liquid

(2015) Andrey Sokolov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Bacterial transport of colloids in liquid crystalline environments

(2015) Rishi R. Trivedi et al.   Soft Matter

Using Liquid Crystals to Reveal How Mechanical Anisotropy Changes Interfacial Behaviors of Motile Bacteria

(2014) Peter C. Mushenheim et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Optimal swimming of a sheet

(2014) Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Locomotion and transport in a hexatic liquid crystal

(2014) Madison S. Krieger et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Mechanisms of Elastic Enhancement and Hindrance for Finite-Length Undulatory Swimmers in Viscoelastic Fluids

(2014) Becca Thomases et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Flagellated bacterial motility in polymer solutions

(2014) Vincent A. Martinez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Living liquid crystals

(2014) S. Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effect of solid boundaries on swimming dynamics of microorganisms in a viscoelastic fluid

(2014) G. -J. Li et al.   RHEOLOGICA ACTA

Elasticity, viscosity, and orientational fluctuations of a lyotropic chromonic nematic liquid crystal disodium cromoglycate

(2014) Shuang Zhou et al.   Soft Matter

Waving transport and propulsion in a generalized Newtonian fluid

(2013) J. Rodrigo Vélez-Cordero et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID MECHANICS

The Motility of Bacteria in an Anisotropic Liquid Environment

(2013) Anil Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Locomotion of Helical Bodies in Viscoelastic Fluids: Enhanced Swimming at Large Helical Amplitudes

(2013) Saverio E. Spagnolie et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

An actuated elastic sheet interacting with passive and active structures in a viscoelastic fluid

(2013) J. C. Chrispell et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Physics of rheologically enhanced propulsion: Different strokes in generalized Stokes

(2013) Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Swimming near deformable membranes at low Reynolds number

(2013) Marcelo A. Dias et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Hydrodynamics of soft active matter

(2013) M. C. Marchetti et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Dynamic self-assembly of motile bacteria in liquid crystals

(2013) Peter C. Mushenheim et al.   Soft Matter

Synchronization of flexible sheets

(2011) GWYNN J. ELFRING et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Undulatory Swimming in Viscoelastic Fluids

(2011) X. N. Shen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Extensibility enables locomotion under isotropic drag

(2011) On Shun Pak et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Force-free swimming of a model helical flagellum in viscoelastic fluids

(2011) B. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Low-Reynolds-number swimming in gels

(2010) Henry C. Fu et al.   EPL

Two-dimensional flagellar synchronization in viscoelastic fluids

(2010) GWYNN J. ELFRING et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Viscoelastic Fluid Response Can Increase the Speed and Efficiency of a Free Swimmer

(2010) Joseph Teran et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Enhanced low-Reynolds-number propulsion in heterogeneous viscous environments

(2009) A. M. Leshansky   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Hydrodynamic Phase Locking of Swimming Microorganisms

(2009) Gwynn J. Elfring et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Swimming speeds of filaments in nonlinearly viscoelastic fluids

(2009) Henry C. Fu et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms

(2009) Eric Lauga et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Bend propagation in the flagella of migrating human sperm, and its modulation by viscosity

(2009) D. J. Smith et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

Flapping motion and force generation in a viscoelastic fluid

(2008) Thibaud Normand et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Elasticity-mediated nematiclike bacterial organization in model extracellular DNA matrix

(2008) Ivan I. Smalyukh et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E