Abstract
Understanding and controlling the transport of microscopic particles in viscous flows stems from the fundamental question of fluid-structure interactions but has also important implications for separation processes or bacterial contamination. Using recent microfabrication techniques, we produce a variety of microscopic particles and control precisely their shape and material properties. Investigating the transport dynamics of these particles in representative microfluidic flows we demonstrate how shape, mechanical properties or even activity govern particle trajectories. Combining our experimental findings with numerical and theoretical modeling performed by our collaborators we elucidate in detail the role of particle symmetry, chirality or deformability.
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