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To describe many-particle systems suspended in incompressible low-Reynolds-number fluids, effective hydrodynamic interactions can be introduced. Here, we consider particles embedded in elastic media. The effective elastic interactions…
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The efficient mixing of fluids is key in many applications, such as chemical reactions and nanoparticle precipitation. Detailed experimental measurements of the mixing dynamics are however difficult to obtain, and so predictive numerical…
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