174 citations · 255 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
cond-mat.soft2009★ 80 cited
Granular Character of Particle Rafts
Pietro Cicuta, Dominic Vella
We consider a monolayer of particles floating at a horizontal liquid-gas interface -- a particle raft. Upon compressing the monolayer in a Langmuir trough, the particles at first p…
cond-mat.soft2008★ 174 cited
A basic swimmer at low Reynolds number
M. Leoni, J. Kotar, B. Bassetti +2
Swimming and pumping at low Reynolds numbers are subject to the "Scallop theorem", which states that there will be no net fluid flow for time reversible motions. Living organisms s…
cond-mat.soft2006★ 1 cited
Diffusion of liquid domains in lipid bilayer membranes
Pietro Cicuta, Sarah L. Keller, Sarah L. Veatch
We report diffusion coeffcients of micron-scale liquid domains in giant unilamellar vesicles of phospholipids and cholesterol. The trajectory of each domain is tracked, and the mea…