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Synchronized locomotion of freely suspended disjoint microbeads pairs
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Synchronized locomotion of freely suspended disjoint microbeads pairs

S. Bhat, T. P. Kurzweg, A. Guez and G. Friedman
Applied physics letters, v 94(22), pp 224105-224105-3
01 Jun 2009

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Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Science & Technology
The possibility of locomotion of a pair of disjoint spherical microbeads suspended in fluid is investigated experimentally. The beads interact magnetically and their nonreciprocal relative movements are coordinated using external uniform magnetic field. Locomotion is studied and demonstrated for cyclic swirling movements of the beads which mimics behavior often observed in bacterial swarms.

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