Twist and turn. Elastohydrodynamics of microscale active fibres
arXiv:2410.09493
Abstract
Cellular locomotion often involves the motion of thin, elastic filaments, such as cilia and flagella, in viscous environments. The manuscript serves as a general introduction to the topic of modelling microscale elastohydrodynamics. We briefly characterise the specific features of biological filaments that affect their propulsion modes, and discuss the theoretical framework for their description, along with selected biological and artificial examples of active systems.
Lecture notes from 2023 Geilo School "The Physics of Evolving Matter: Connectivity, Communication and Growth"; to appear in Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics