Locomotion and transport of microorganisms in fluids is an essential aspect of life. Search
for food, orientation toward light, spreading of off-spring, and the formation of colonies are …

Cilia are microscopic hair-like external cell organelles that are ubiquitously present in
nature, also within the human body. They fulfill crucial biological functions: motile cilia …

Particle manipulation is often required in many applications such as bioanalysis, disease
diagnostics, drug delivery and self-cleaning surfaces. The fast progress in micro-and nano …

One of the vital functions of naturally occurring cilia is fluid transport. Biological cilia use
spatially asymmetric strokes to generate a net fluid flow that can be utilized for feeding …

The fouling of surfaces submerged in a liquid is a serious problem for many applications
including lab-on-a-chip devices and marine sensors. Inspired by the versatility of cilia in …

Organisms use hair-like cilia that beat in a metachronal fashion to actively transport fluid and
suspended particles. Metachronal motion emerges due to a phase difference between …

Biological cells often interact with the environment through carpets of microscopic hair-like
cilia. These elastic structures are known to beat in a synchronized wavy fashion called …

Coherent waving interactions between vegetation and fluid flows are known to emerge
under conditions associated with the mixing layer instability. A similar waving motion has …

Biological cilia are versatile hair‐like organelles that are very efficient in manipulating
particles for, eg, feeding, antifouling, and cell transport. Inspired by the versatility of cilia, this …

Most microorganisms use hair-like cilia with asymmetric beating to perform vital bio-physical
processes. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel fabrication method for creating magnetic …