Analysis of fluid flow around a beating artificial cilium

• Mojca Vilfan,
• Gašper Kokot,
• Andrej Vilfan,
• Natan Osterman,
• Blaž Kavčič,
• Igor Poberaj and
• Dušan Babič

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 163–171, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.16

• and used as mixers and pumps [5][6]. Light-driven microactuators have been manufactured using azo-doped liquid-crystal elastomers [7], although the speed of actuation that can be achieved with such a mechanism is presently too low for fluid pumping. We recently successfully manufactured self-assembled