Superhydrophobicity is a remarkable surface property found in nature and mimicked in
many engineering applications, including anti-wetting, anti-fogging, and anti-fouling …

Motility is an essential factor for an organism's survival and diversification. With the advent of
novel single-cell technologies, analytical frameworks, and theoretical methods, we can …

Measuring forces from the piconewton to millinewton range is of great importance for the
study of living systems from a biophysical perspective. The use of flexible micropipettes as …

Flagella and cilia are cellular appendages that inherit essential functions of microbial life
including sensing and navigating the environment. In order to propel a swimming …

The validity of some commonly used models and approximations in theoretical studies of
microscale locomotion are reviewed, by taking reference from conclusions drawn in …

With a simple and versatile microcantilever-based force measurement technique, we have
probed the drag forces involved in Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion. As a worm crawls on …

Cellular appendages such as cilia and flagella represent universal tools enabling cells and
microbes, among other essential functionalities, to propel themselves in diverse …

The undulatory swimming dynamics of the millimetric nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
was investigated in fluids with different viscosities. The technique of micropipette deflection …

The hydrodynamic forces involved in the undulatory microswimming of the model organism
C. elegans are studied in proximity to solid boundaries. Using a micropipette deflection …

Undulatory locomotion is ubiquitous in nature and observed in different media, from the
swimming of flagellated microorganisms in biological fluids, to the slithering of snakes on …