https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60095-3
Editorial
Microswimmers – From Single Particle Motion to Collective Behavior
1 Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute of Complex Systems & Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
2 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
3 Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbst-Organisation, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
4 Forschungszentrum caesar, 53175 Bonn, Germany
5 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
6 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
a e-mail: g.gompper@fz-juelich.de
Received: 29 March 2016
Revised: 29 March 2016
Published online: 10 November 2016
Locomotion of autonomous microswimmers is a fascinating field at the cutting edge of science. It combines the biophysics of self-propulsion via motor proteins, artificial propulsion mechanisms, swimming strategies at low Reynolds numbers, the hydrodynamic interaction of swimmers, and the collective motion and synchronisation of large numbers of agents. The articles of this Special Issue are based on the lecture notes of an international summer school, which was organized by the DFG Priority Programme 1726 “Microswimmers – From Single Particle Motion to Collective Behaviour” in the fall of 2015. The minireviews provide a broad overview of the field, covering both elementary and advanced material, as well as selected areas from current research.
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