Symmetry breaking propulsion of magnetic microspheres in nonlinearly viscoelastic fluids
A self-propelling agent at small Reynolds numbers usually requires a fore-aft asymmetry in order to circumvent the scallop theorem. Here Rogowski et al. show that this need not be true for motion in non-linear viscoelastic fluids, where an initial symmetry may be broken spontaneously.
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| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/d6b4d6a00c0c45888c7d886432682b98 |
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| Summary: | A self-propelling agent at small Reynolds numbers usually requires a fore-aft asymmetry in order to circumvent the scallop theorem. Here Rogowski et al. show that this need not be true for motion in non-linear viscoelastic fluids, where an initial symmetry may be broken spontaneously. |
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