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Cilia Induced Bending of Paramecium in Microchannels

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Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces

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Most living organisms in nature have a preferential gait and direction along which they locomote, presumably derived from the evolutionary/mechanical advantage provided by the gaits. However under the influence of constrained geometries, organisms often exhibit peculiar locomotory characteristics. A Paramecium in its natural state preferentially swims in a helical path in the anterior direction. When introduced into channels with dimensions smaller than its length, a posterior swimming Paramecium bends its flexible body, executes a flip, and swims in the anterior direction again. We study the deformation of the body shape caused by forces generated by beating cilia, which are assumed to be acting at the tip of the organism. This method may lead to a non-invasive method of measuring the forces exerted during bending by self propelling organisms having high aspect ratio.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Saikat Jana & Sunghwan Jung

  2. Department of Medical System Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdan-gwagiro (Oryong-dong), Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea

    Junil Kim

  3. School of Mechatronics, Department of Medical System Engineering, Department of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdan-gwagiro (Oryong-dong), Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea

    Sung Yang

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  1. Courant Institute of Math Sciences, New York University, Mercer Street 251, New York City, 10012, New York, USA

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  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Avenue 77, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA

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Jana, S., Kim, J., Yang, S., Jung, S. (2012). Cilia Induced Bending of Paramecium in Microchannels. In: Childress, S., Hosoi, A., Schultz, W., Wang, J. (eds) Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 155. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3997-4_16

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