Separation of Microscale Chiral Objects by Shear Flow
We show that plane parabolic flow in a microfluidic channel causes nonmotile, helically shaped bacteria to drift perpendicular to the shear plane. Net drift results from the preferential alignment of helices with streamlines, with a direction that depends on the chirality of the helix and the sign o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society,
2010-02-23T20:25:13Z.
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