Reference : In-phase and anti-phase flagellar synchronization by waveform compliance and basal co... |
Scientific journals : Article | |||
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Physics | |||
Physics and Materials Science | |||
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/33071 | |||
In-phase and anti-phase flagellar synchronization by waveform compliance and basal coupling | |
English | |
Klindt, Gary [Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden] | |
Ruloff, Christian [Saarland University > Experimental Physics] | |
Wagner, Christian ![]() | |
Friedrich, Benjamin [TU Dresden > Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden cfaed] | |
29-Sep-2017 | |
New Journal of Physics | |
Institute of Physics | |
Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
International | |
1367-2630 | |
Bristol | |
United Kingdom | |
[en] Cilia and flagella exhibit regular bending waves that perform mechanical work on the surrounding fluid,
to propel cellular swimmers and pump fluids inside organisms. Here, we quantify a force-velocity relationship of the beating flagellum, by exposing flagellated Chlamydomonas cells to controlled microfluidic flows. A simple theory of flagellar limit-cycle oscillations, calibrated by measurements in the absence of flow, reproduces this relationship quantitatively. We derive a link between the energy efficiency of the flagellar beat and its ability to synchronize to oscillatory flows. | |
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/33071 | |
10.1088/1367-2630/aa9031 |
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