The movement of microorganisms is not only an essential aspect of life, it also serves as a
fruitful model for the development of synthetic microswimmers or microrobots with potential …

Soft matter is studied with a large portfolio of methods. Light scattering and video microscopy
are the most employed at optical wavelengths. Light scattering provides ensemble-averaged …

ESPResSo is an extensible simulation package for research on soft matter. This versatile
molecular dynamics program was originally developed for coarse-grained simulations of …

Biofilm colonies are typically resistant to general antibiotic treatment and require targeted
methods for their removal. One of these methods includes the use of nanoparticles as …

Most motile bacteria navigate within gradients of external chemical stimuli by regulating the
length of randomly oriented swimming episodes. Magnetotactic bacteria are characterized …

Magnetotactic bacteria are aquatic or sediment-dwelling microorganisms able to take
advantage of the Earth's magnetic field for directed motility. The source of this amazing trait …

Unicellular microscopic organisms living in aqueous environments outnumber all other
creatures on Earth. A large proportion of them are able to self-propel in fluids with a vast …

Biased locomotion is a common feature of microorganisms, but little is known about its
impact on self-organization. Inspired by recent experiments showing a transition to large …

This review of the properties of flexible magnetic filaments covers the problems of their
buckling under the action of a magnetic field. The dependence of the buckling on the …

Nanoparticle dynamics impact a wide range of biological transport processes and
applications in nanomedicine and natural resource engineering. Differential dynamic …