https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/s10189-021-00018-9
Regular Article - Flowing Matter
Controlled locomotion of a droplet propelled by an encapsulated squirmer
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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kree@theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de
Received:
9
November
2020
Accepted:
13
January
2021
Published online:
18
February
2021
We work out the propulsion of a viscous drop which is driven by two mechanisms: the active velocity of an encapsulated squirmer and an externally applied force acting on the squirmer. Of particular interest is the existence of a stable comoving state of drop and squirmer, allowing for controlled manipulation of the viscous drop by external forcing. The velocities of droplet and squirmer, as well as the conditions for a stable comoving state are worked out analytically for the axisymmetric configuration with a general displacement of the squirmer from the center of the droplet
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