Akira Furukawa

Apr 7, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Takahiro Kanazawa |Akira Furukawa

Microrheology of Active Suspensions We study the microrheology of active suspensions through direct hydrodynamic simulations using model pusher-like microswimmers. We demonstrate that the friction coefficient of a probe particle is notably reduced by hydrodynamic interactions (HIs) among a moving probe and the swimmers.

Jun 23, 2023 | link.aps.org | Akira Furukawa

Abstract In this paper, we determine the volume-fraction reduction of sheared fragile glass-forming liquids. We consider a group of hypothetical systems that consist of particles with anisotropic size modulations yet have almost the same average particle configuration as actual systems under shear flow.