75 citations · 75 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
cond-mat.soft2016
Flexible helical yarn swimmers
A. P. Zakharov, A. M. Leshansky, L. M. Pismen
We investigate the motion of a flexible Stokesean flagellar swimmer realised as a yarn made of two intertwined elastomer fibres, one active, that can reversibly change its length i…
physics.flu-dyn2007★ 75 cited
Surface tank-treading: propulsion of Purcell's toroidal swimmer
Alexander Leshansky, Oded Kenneth
In this work we address the "smoking ring" propulsion technique, originally proposed by E. M. Purcell. We first consider self-locomotion of a doughnut-shaped swimmer powered by sur…
physics.flu-dyn2006
Comment on "Self-Running Droplet: Emergence of Regular Motion from Nonequilibrium Noise"
V. Berejnov, A. Leshansky
In a recent Letter (Y. Sumino et al., PRL 94, 068301 (2005)) a spontaneous motion of an oil droplet in the surrounding aqueous media along a glass surface was reported. The authors…