Biološki in biomimetski mikroplavalci

Na majhnih skalah in v viskoznih tekočinah je vztrajnost zanemarljiva v primerjavi z viskoznimi silami, zato se morajo biološki in umetni mikroskopski plavalci temu prilagoditi s časovno nerecipročnimi gibi. Natančno razumevanje hidrodinamike v takih pogojih je že desetletja cilj raziskovalcev na področju biologije, fizike in inženirstva, v zadnjih letih pa se razvija čedalje večje število umetnih in biomimetskih mikroplavalcev, kjer je eden od osrednjih ciljev uporaba v biomedicinske namene.

Biological and biomimetic microscopic swimmers

At small scales and in viscous fluids the effect of inertia is negligible compared to viscosity. Because of that, microscopic biological and artificial swimmers have to adapt with non-reciprocal movement. Precise understanding of the hydrodynamics in these instances has been the goal of many biologists, physicists and engineers for decades and especially in recent years there has been a lot of development of artificial and biomimetic microscopic swimmers with a mind towards biomedical uses.