Abstract: Active fluids refer to the fluids that contain self-propelled particles such as bacteria or microalgae, whose properties differ fundamentally from the passive fluids. Such particles often exhibit an intermittent motion, ...

Abstract: In this work, we focus on the motility behavior of two model micro-organisms widely used in the study of active fluids: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii micro-alga and Synechocystis sp. cyanobacterium. Understanding the physiological ...

Abstract: The simultaneous effects of flow pulsation and geometrical perturbation on laminar mixing in curved ducts have been numerically studied by three different metrics: analysis of the secondary flow patterns, Lyapunov exponents ...

Abstract: Many microfluidic applications involve chemical reactions. Most often, the flow is predominantly laminar, and without active or passive mixing enhancement the reaction time can be extremely long compared to the residence ...

Abstract: While a variety of active and passive techniques have been proposed for steady flows, pulsatile flow has received much less attention. Pulsation makes more control parameters available for passive methods and enables them ...