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RESEARCH PRODUCT

FLEXIBLE FERROMAGNETIC FILAMENTS AS ARTIFICIAL CILIA

R. LivanovičsAndrejs Cebers

subject

Quantitative Biology::Subcellular ProcessesPhysicsProtein filamentRotating magnetic fieldClassical mechanicsField (physics)Condensed matter physicsFerromagnetismMicrofluidicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsAction (physics)Quantitative Biology::Cell Behavior

description

The model of an artificial cilia as a flexible ferromagnetic filament in a rotating magnetic field is proposed. Numerical algorithm for the simulation of its behavior is developed and the characteristic shapes of the filament with one fixed end under the action of a rotating field are found. It is concluded that ferromagnetic filaments may be used as mixers in microfluidics.

https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814340236_0038