3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Hydrodynamics constrain choanoflagellate collar geometry
Tasawar Iqbal, Catherine Penington, Christian Thomas +1
As the closest living relatives of animals, choanoflagellates exhibit remarkable diversity. Even their microvilli collar, used to filter and capture food, varies significantly amon…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Linear stability of nanofluid boundary-layer flow over a flat plate
Christian Thomas, Sharon O. Stephen, Jitesh. S. B. Gajjar +1
The linear stability of nanofluid boundary-layer flow over a flat plate is investigated using a two-phase model that incorporates Brownian motion and thermophoresis, building upon…
physics.flu-dyn2025
A Taylor swimming sheet under a finite Brinkman layer
Tasawar Iqbal, Catherine Penington, Christian Thomas +1
An asymptotic approach is employed to study the swimming speed of a two-dimensional Taylor swimming sheet beneath a Brinkman layer of finite thickness. This configuration is repres…