Clustering instability of focused swimmers

One of the hallmarks of active matter is its rich nonlinear dynamics and instabilities. Recent numerical simulations of phototactic algae showed that a thin jet of swimmers, obtained from hydrodynamic focusing inside a Poiseuille flow, was unstable to longitudinal perturbations with swimmers dynamic...

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Main Authors: Eric Jean-Marie Lauga, Francois Nadal
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34683
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