A critical review of heat transfer enhancement methods in the presence of porous media, nanofluids, and microorganisms

M Habibishandiz, MZ Saghir - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2022 - Elsevier
A current common topic of study among scientists and engineers is how to reduce energy
usage. As the loading power of engineering devices is constantly upgrading, while they are …

Fluid dynamics of squirmers and ciliated microorganisms

T Ishikawa - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The fluid dynamics of microswimmers has received attention from the fields of microbiology,
microrobotics, and active matter. Microorganisms have evolved organelles termed cilia for …

Magneto-hydrothermal triple-convection in a W-shaped porous cavity containing oxytactic bacteria

N Biswas, DK Mandal, NK Manna, AC Benim - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Bioconvective heat and mass transport phenomena have recently been the subject of
interest in diverse fields of applications pertaining to the motion of fluids and their …

Chemotaxis and cross-diffusion models in complex environments: Models and analytic problems toward a multiscale vision

N Bellomo, N Outada, J Soler, Y Tao… - … Models and Methods in …, 2022 - World Scientific
This paper proposes a review focused on exotic chemotaxis and cross-diffusion models in
complex environments. The term exotic is used to denote the dynamics of models interacting …

Toward a mathematical theory of Keller–Segel models of pattern formation in biological tissues

N Bellomo, A Bellouquid, Y Tao… - Mathematical Models and …, 2015 - World Scientific
This paper proposes a survey and critical analysis focused on a variety of chemotaxis
models in biology, namely the classical Keller–Segel model and its subsequent …

Role of surface undulation during mixed bioconvective nanofluid flow in porous media in presence of oxytactic bacteria and magnetic fields

DK Mandal, N Biswas, NK Manna, RSR Gorla… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport phenomena involving thermo-bioconvection have become an interesting field of
research due to their novel application in various fields of engineering, bio-energy systems …

The mechanics and statistics of active matter

S Ramaswamy - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2010 - annualreviews.org
Active particles contain internal degrees of freedom with the ability to take in and dissipate
energy and, in the process, execute systematic movement. Examples include all living …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal analysis of bioconvective nanofluid flow over a sphere in presence of multiple diffusions and a periodic magnetic field

PM Patil, S Benawadi, E Momoniat - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The current work intends to describe the heat and mass transfer in the mixed bioconvective
flow of nanofluid along the sphere. This analysis also takes into account the influences of a …

Random walk models in biology

EA Codling, MJ Plank… - Journal of the Royal …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mathematical modelling of the movement of animals, micro-organisms and cells is of great
relevance in the fields of biology, ecology and medicine. Movement models can take many …

Fast-moving bacteria self-organize into active two-dimensional crystals of rotating cells

AP Petroff, XL Wu, A Libchaber - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
We investigate a new form of collective dynamics displayed by Thiovulum majus, one of the
fastest-swimming bacteria known. Cells spontaneously organize on a surface into a visually …