We review the state of the art of active fluids with particular attention to hydrodynamic
continuous models and to the use of Lattice Boltzmann Methods (LBM) in this field. We …

ESPResSo is an extensible simulation package for research on soft matter. This versatile
molecular dynamics program was originally developed for coarse-grained simulations of …

Biological microswimmers navigate upstream of an external flow with trajectories ranging
from linear to spiralling and oscillatory. Such a rheotactic response primarily stems from the …

We propose a hydrodynamic model for a spheroidal microswimmer with two tangential
surface velocity modes. This model is analytically solvable and reduces to Lighthill's and …

We present a lattice Boltzmann study of the hydrodynamics of a fully resolved squirmer,
confined in a slab of fluid between two no-slip walls. We show that the coupling between …

Coarse-grained, mesoscale simulations are invaluable for studying soft condensed matter
because of their ability to model systems in which a background solvent plays a substantial …

Various aspects of self-motility of chemically active colloids in Newtonian fluids can be
captured by simple models for their chemical activity plus a phoretic-slip hydrodynamic …

Microswimmers exposed to microchannel flows exhibit an intriguing coupling between
propulsion, shape, hydrodynamics, and flow which gives rise to distinct swimming …

Microswimmers or active elements, such as bacteria and active filaments, have an
elongated shape, which determines their individual and collective dynamics. There is still a …

Active particles differ from their passive counterparts for their ability to propel themselves. In
Fig. 7.1 examples of active particles are given, classified with respect to their size and their …