Rheology of bacterial superfluids in viscous environments

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Chui, Jane YY; Douarche, Carine; Auradou, Harold; Juanes, Ruben
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Abstract
<p>Dense suspensions of pusher-type bacteria give rise to 'superfluids' in which the effective viscosity of the suspension is drastically reduced through collective motion, and in this study we investigate how a viscous environment affects this behavior.</p>
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2021-07-28
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134059
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Journal
Soft Matter
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
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