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physics.flu-dyn2009★ 169 cited
Enhanced low-Reynolds-number propulsion in heterogeneous viscous environments
A. M. Leshansky
It has been known for some time that some microorganisms can swim faster in high-viscosity gel-forming polymer solutions. These gel-like media come to mimic highly viscous heteroge…
physics.flu-dyn2008★ 32 cited
How efficient is towing a cargo by a micro-swimmer?
Oren Raz, Alexander M. Leshansky
We study the properties of arbitrary micro-swimmers towing a passive load through a viscous liquid. The simple close-form expression for the dragging efficiency of a general micro-…
physics.flu-dyn2007★ 80 cited
A frictionless microswimmer
Alexander M. Leshansky, Oded Kenneth, Omri Gat +1
We investigate the self-locomotion of an elongated microswimmer by virtue of the unidirectional tangential surface treadmilling. We show that the propulsion could be almost frictio…