Improving Hydrodynamic Modeling of Free-Swimming Algae Using a Modified Three-Sphere Approach

Md Iftekhar Yousuf Emon, Gregorius R. Pradipta, Xiang Cheng +1

The beating flagella of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii play a prominent role in cellular mechanics, enabling cells to both displace and sense surrounding fluid. Specifica…