3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Inferring intraciliary dynamics from the gliding motility of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Nicolas Fares, Elorri Garcia, Ahmad Badr +5
The unicellular microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is widely recognized as a premier model living microswimmer for physicists and biophysicists. However, the interest around C. re…
cond-mat.soft2025
First-passage statistics of confined colloids
Guirec de Tournemire, Nicolas Fares, Yacine Amarouchene +1
The encounter of diffusing entities underlies a wide range of natural phenomena. The dynamics of these first-passage dynamics are strongly influenced by confining geometries. Confi…
cond-mat.soft2024
Observation of Brownian elastohydrodynamic forces acting on confined soft colloids
Nicolas Fares, Maxime Lavaud, Zaicheng Zhang +3
Confined motions in complex environments are ubiquitous in microbiology. These situations invariably involve the intricate coupling between fluid flow, soft boundaries, surface for…