2001/04/30 by Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, M. Cosentino Lagomarsino, B. Bassetti +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Micro and Nano Robotics #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech #physics.bio-ph
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arxiv created 2002/01/14 · openalex publication_date 2002/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We introduce a model system of stochastic entities, called 'rowers' which include some essentialities of the behavior of real cilia. We introduce and discuss the problem of symmetry breaking for these objects and its connection with the onset of macroscopic, directed flow in the fluid. We perform a mean field-like calculation showing that hydrodynamic interaction may provide for the symmetry breaking mechanism and the onset of fluid flow. Finally, we discuss the problem of the metachronal wave in a stochastic context.