Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces

U Bozuyuk, A Aghakhani, Y Alapan, M Yunusa… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biological microorganisms overcome the Brownian motion at low Reynolds numbers by
utilizing symmetry-breaking mechanisms. Inspired by them, various microrobot locomotion …

Challenges and attempts to make intelligent microswimmers

C Mo, G Li, X Bian - Frontiers in Physics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The study of microswimmers' behavior, including their self-propulsion, interactions with the
environment, and collective phenomena, has received significant attention over the past few …

Size‐Dependent Locomotion Ability of Surface Microrollers on Physiologically Relevant Microtopographical Surfaces

U Bozuyuk, E Yildiz, M Han, SO Demir, M Sitti - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled microrobotic navigation inside the body possesses significant potential for
various biomedical engineering applications. Successful application requires considering …

The mismatch between experimental and computational fluid dynamics analyses for magnetic surface microrollers

U Bozuyuk, H Ozturk, M Sitti - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetically actuated Janus surface microrollers are promising microrobotic platform with
numerous potential biomedical engineering applications. While the locomotion models …

[HTML][HTML] Blood cells as supercarrier systems for advanced drug delivery

S Wang, K Han, S Ma, X Qi, L Guo, X Li - Medicine in Drug Discovery, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, drug delivery has emerged as a more and more popular drug administration
means for the improvement of pharmacokinetics, minimization of side effects, and …

Dynamic characteristics of droplet impact on vibrating superhydrophobic substrate

C Lin, S Chen, P Wei, L Xiao, D Zhao, Y Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The vibration of solids is ubiquitous in nature and in industrial applications and gives rise to
alternative droplet dynamics during impact. Using many-body dissipative particle dynamics …

Simulation of a tumor cell flowing through a symmetric bifurcated microvessel

L Xiao, J Chu, C Lin, K Zhang, S Chen… - … and modeling in …, 2023 - Springer
Microvessel bifurcations serve as the major sites of tumor cell adhesion and further
extravasation. In this study, the movement, deformation, and adhesion of a circulating tumor …

An energy-conservative many-body dissipative particle dynamics model for thermocapillary drop motion

K Zhang, J Li, W Fang, C Lin, J Zhao, Z Li, Y Liu… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The thermocapillary motion of a drop on a solid substrate is a common phenomenon in daily
life and many industrial fields. The motion can be significantly affected by the temperature …

Arbitrary slip length for fluid-solid interface of arbitrary geometry in smoothed particle dynamics

X Cai, Z Li, X Bian - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We model a slip boundary condition at fluid-solid interface of an arbitrary geometry in
smoothed particle hydrodynamics and smoothed dissipative particle dynamics simulations …

ADVANCES IN RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF BLOOD CELLS AND STEM CELLS USING MICROFLUIDICS

Q Xiaojing, D Yahui, Z Weizhen… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
Microfluidics, which serves as a micro total analysis system, offers various advantages such
as precise flow control, low sample requirements, and integratability. It has been widely …