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Stability of a dispersion of elongated particles embedded in a viscous membrane
Harishankar Manikantan
We develop a mean-field model to examine the stability of a `quasi-2D suspension' of elongated particles embedded within a viscous membrane. This geometry represents several biolog…
Hydrodynamic aggregation of membrane inclusions due to non-Newtonian surface rheology
Vishnu Vig, Harishankar Manikantan
Biological membranes are self-assembled complex fluid interfaces that host proteins, molecular motors and other macromolecules essential for cellular function. These membranes have…
Flow-Induced Buckling of Elastic Microfilaments with Non-Uniform Bending Stiffness
Thomas Nguyen, Harishankar Manikantan
Buckling plays a critical role in the transport and dynamics of elastic microfilaments in Stokesian fluids. However, previous work has only considered filaments with homogeneous st…
Kinematic irreversibility in surfactant-laden interfaces
Harishankar Manikantan, Todd M. Squires
The surface shear viscosity of an insoluble surfactant monolayer often depends strongly on its surface pressure. Here, we show that a particle moving within a bounded monolayer bre…
The sedimentation of flexible filaments: Trajectories, particle clouds and a buckling instability
Harishankar Manikantan, Lei Li, David Saintillan +1
In this fluid dynamics video we explore an array of different possible dynamics for a flexible filament sedimenting in a viscous fluid. The time-dependent shapes and trajectories o…
The sedimentation of flexible filaments
Lei Li, Harishankar Manikantan, David Saintillan +1
The dynamics of a flexible filament sedimenting in a viscous fluid are explored analytically and numerically. Compared to the well-studied case of sedimenting rigid rods, the intro…