SRM University-AP

Jul 23, 2024 | link.aps.org | Supravat Dey |SRM University-AP |Gladys Massiera |Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

Large groups of active cilia collectively beat in a fluid medium as metachronal waves, essential for some microorganisms motility and for flow generation in mucociliary clearance. Several models can predict the emergence of metachronal waves, but what controls the properties of metachronal waves is still unclear.