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 …

Biological cilia play essential roles in self-propulsion, food capture, and cell transportation
by performing coordinated metachronal motions. Experimental studies to emulate the …

Biological cilia that generate fluid flow or propulsion are often found to exhibit a collective
wavelike metachronal motion, ie neighboring cilia beat slightly out-of-phase rather than …

Manipulation of particles in a controllable manner is highly desirable in many applications.
Inspired by biological cilia, this article experimentally and numerically demonstrates a …

Among the many complex bioactuators functioning at different scales, the organelle cilium
represents a fundamental actuating unit in cellular biology. Producing motions at …

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 …

Hydrodynamics of slender flexible filaments plays an important role in biology, human
physiology, locomotion of organisms, as well as biomedical devices. It is, therefore …

Selective particle filtration is fundamental in many engineering and biological systems. For
example, many aquatic microorganisms use filter feeding to capture food particles from the …

We present an innovative platform designed to mimic the mucociliary clearance system, an
essential defense mechanism in the respiratory tract. Our system utilizes PDMS and iron …