Peristaltic pumps work in nano scales
Soft Condensed Matter
2013-08-06 v1
Abstract
A design for a pump is suggested which is based on well-known peristaltic pumps. In order to simply describe the operation of the proposed pump, an innovative interpretation of low Reynolds number swimmers is presented and thereafter a similar theoretical model would be suggested to quantify the behavior of the pumps. A coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulation is used to examine the theoretical predictions and measure the efficiency of the pump in nano scales. It is shown that this pump with a modest design is capable of being a good option for transport processes in nano scale.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.0975,
title = {Peristaltic pumps work in nano scales},
author = {Farnoush Farahpour and Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.0975},
year = {2013}
}