Fluid dynamics plays a crucial role in many cellular processes, including the locomotion of
cells such as bacteria and spermatozoa. These organisms possess flagella, slender …

We numerically investigate the effects of non-Newtonian fluid properties, including shear
thinning and elasticity, on the locomotion of Taylor's swimming sheet with arbitrary …

We examine swimmers comprising of two rigid spheres which oscillate periodically along
their axis of symmetry, considering when the spheres oscillate both in phase and in …

Micron-scale swimmers move in the realm of negligible inertia, dominated by viscous drag
forces. In this paper, we formulate the leading-order dynamics of a slender multi-link (N-link) …

Geometric confinements are frequently encountered in the biological world and strongly
affect the stability, topology, and transport properties of active suspensions in viscous flow …

Microorganisms often encounter anisotropy, for example in mucus and biofilms. We study
how anisotropy and elasticity of the ambient fluid affects the speed of a swimming …

Many microfluidic devices use macroscopic pressure differentials to overcome viscous
friction and generate flows in microchannels. In this work, we investigate how the chemical …

In this paper, we study the swimming of a model organism, the so-called Taylor's swimming
sheet, in a viscoelastic fluid close to a solid boundary. This situation comprises natural …

At low Reynolds numbers the locomotive capability of a body can be dramatically hindered
by the absence of inertia. In this work, we show how propulsive performance in this regime …

Eukaryotic swimming cells such as spermatozoa, algae or protozoa use flagella or cilia to
move in viscous fluids. The motion of their flexible appendages in the surrounding fluid …