A Simplest Swimmer at Low Reynolds Number: Three Linked Spheres

Details A Simplest Swimmer at Low Reynolds Number: Three Linked Spheres A Simplest Swimmer at Low Reynolds Number: Three Linked Spheres

2004-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402070v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.69.062901

We propose a very simple one-dimensional swimmer consisting of three spheres that are linked by rigid rods whose lengths can change between two values. With a periodic motion in a non-reciprocal fashion, which breaks the time-reversal symmetry as well as the translational symmetry, we show that the model device can swim at low Reynolds number. This model system could be used in constructing molecular-size machines.

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