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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Metachronal Wave"”.
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The role of hydrodynamic forces in synchronisation and alignment of mammalian motile cilia
… a coordinated fashion. This dynamics, known as 'metachronal wave', has fundamental physiological roles in microorganisms and many organs of vertebrates. In the airways, the coordinated beatings of motile cilia generate a fluid flow that pushes mucus to the pharynx, and so protects the lungs from …
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Artificial Micro-Devices: Armoured Microbubbles and a Magnetically Driven Cilium
… when placed in an array, easily produces a metachronal wave for fluid transportation. The Armoured Microbubble was designed by our experimental collaborators (group of Philippe Marmottant, University Grenoble Alpes) and consists of a partial hollow sphere, inside which a bubble is caught. …
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Modelling and Simulation of the Nonlinear Dynamics of Arrays of Coupled Filaments for Robot Walkers
… One notable type of coordination is called metachronal, which manifests through wave propagation across the filaments, and it is inherently related to motility and locomotion. The same type of wave phenomena are observed in larger organisms such as centipedes and millipedes, which use it for …
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Understanding the Collective Dynamics of Motile Cilia in Human Airways
… significant distances, in the form of travelling waves (``metachronal waves''). It is still not known how this long-range coordination emerges from local rules, as there is no central node regulating the coordination among cilia. In the first part of this thesis I will focus on studying the …