Modeling and Control for Micro/Nano Devices and Systems

7 Modeling Swimming Micro/Nano-Systems in Low Reynolds Number

Stefan Nwandu-Vincent, Scott Lenaghan and Mingjun Zhang

CONTENTS

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Prokaryotic Cell Swimming Strategies

7.2.1 Prokaryotic Flagella

7.2.2 Twitching Motility

7.2.3 Gliding Motility

7.3 Eukaryotic Cell Swimming Strategies

7.3.1 Eukaryotic Flagella

7.3.2 Cilia

7.3.3 Pseudopodia

7.4 Dynamics Modeling and Analysis of a Swimming Microrobot for Controlled Drug Delivery

7.4.1 Before Bifurcation

7.4.2 After Bifurcation

Acknowledgment

References

7.1 Introduction

When the concept of swimming is presented, we naturally envision a high Reynolds number environment, mostly because our environment is that of a high Reynolds number. In this environment, inertial forces dominate ...