Artificial cilia-based microfluidics is a promising alternative in lab-on-a-chip applications
which provides an efficient way to manipulate fluid flow in a microfluidic environment with …

Metachronal motion is used across a wide range of organisms for a diverse set of functions.
However, despite its ubiquity, analysis of this behavior has been difficult to generalize …

One of the major challenges in modern robotics is controlling micromanipulation by active
and adaptive materials. In the respiratory system, such actuation enables pathogen …

Much of the science underpinning the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic lies in the
soft matter domain. Coronaviruses are composite particles with a core of nucleic acids …

Organs that pump luminal fluids by the coordinated beat of motile cilia are integral to animal
physiology. Such organs include the human airways, brain ventricles and reproductive …

Cilia are widely employed by living systems to manipulate fluid flow in various functions,
such as feeding, pumping, and locomotion. Mimicking the intricate ciliary asymmetry in …

Motile cilia beat in an asymmetric fashion in order to propel the surrounding fluid. When
many cilia are located on a surface, their beating can synchronize such that their phases …

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 …

Metachronal paddling is a common method of drag-based aquatic propulsion, in which a
series of swimming appendages are oscillated, with the motion of each appendage phase …

This work presents a new mathematical model of the heat and water exchanges in the
human lungs (newborn to adult). This model is based on a local description of the water and …