2 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Living droplets with mesoscale swimmers
L. Malik, N. Sharadhi, C. Prêcheur Llarena +5
We study the activity of 'living' droplets, which confine tens of swimming meso-organisms in 3D using a superhydrophobic substrate. With few swimmers, the droplet oscillates at its…
cond-mat.soft2026
Forces and symmetry breaking of a living meso-swimmer
Rafael A. Lara, N. Sharadhi, Anna A. L. Huttunen +4
Swimming is ubiquitous in nature and crucial for the survival of a wide range of organisms. The physics of swimming at the viscosity-dominated microscale and inertia-dominated macr…