Life at low Reynolds number isn't such a drag
Biological Physics
2024-10-30 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Cell Behavior
Populations and Evolution
Abstract
The following is an unedited version of two short articles that are forthcoming in Nature Chemical Engineering. Inspired by Purcell's classic lecture "Life at low Reynolds number", I discuss how scaling arguments, dimensional analysis, and fundamental concepts from chemical engineering science can be used to quantitatively describe microbial swimming -- thereby helping to better understand biological systems and inspiring new engineering advances in turn.
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@article{arxiv.2410.20648,
title = {Life at low Reynolds number isn't such a drag},
author = {Sujit S. Datta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20648},
year = {2024}
}