Interactions between fluid flow and elastic structures are important in many naturally
occurring and engineered systems. This review collects and organizes recent theoretical …

Cell membranes are vital to shield a cell's interior from the environment. At the same time
they determine to a large extent the cell's mechanical resistance to external forces. In recent …

While coupling between fluid flow and soft elastic surfaces is common in biology and
engineering, an analytical description is challenging as it often involves non-linear …

Lift forces are widespread in hydrodynamics. These are typically observed for big and fast
objects and are often associated with a combination of fluid inertia (ie large Reynolds …

It is known that an object translating parallel to a soft wall in a viscous fluid produces
hydrodynamic stresses that deform the wall, which in turn results in a lift force on the object …

The hydrodynamic flow field generated by self-propelled active particles and swimming
microorganisms is strongly altered by the presence of nearby boundaries in a viscous flow …

We present the first direct measurement of the elastohydrodynamic lift force acting on a
sphere moving within a viscous liquid, near and along a soft substrate under nanometric …

Geometric confinements are frequently encountered in soft matter systems and in particular
significantly alter the dynamics of swimming microorganisms in viscous media. Surface …

An analytical–numerical method based on collocation techniques is presented to investigate
the problem of determining Stokes flow caused by a spherical particle moving …

The interaction between nano-or micro-sized particles and cell membranes is of crucial
importance in many biological and biomedical applications such as drug and gene delivery …