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@ARTICLE{Rode:858245,
author = {Rode, Sebastian and Elgeti, Jens and Gompper, Gerhard},
title = {{S}perm motility in modulated microchannels},
journal = {New journal of physics},
volume = {21},
issn = {1367-2630},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {IOP73379},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-07145},
pages = {013016},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Sperm cells swim through the fluid by a periodic wave-like
beating $of\ $ their flagellum. At low Reynolds numbers
and in confinement, the directed $motion\ $ of sperm and
other microswimmers is strongly influenced by steric and
$hydrodynamic\ $ wall interactions. We model sperm
motility in mesoscale hydrodynamics $simulations\ $ by
imposing a planar traveling bending wave along the
flagellum. Sperm are $simulated\ $ swimming in curved,
straight, shallow and zigzag-shaped microchannels. Changes
$in\ $ the sidewall modulations and the imposed beat
pattern allow the identification of $a\ $ strong
dependence of the surface attraction on the beat-shape
envelope of the $sperm\ $ cell. For swimming in zigzag
microchannels, the deflection-angle distribution at
$sharp\ $ corners is calculated and found to be in good
agreement with recent $microfluidic\ $ experiments. The
simulations reveal a strong dependence of the deflection
$angle\ $ on the orientation of the beat plane with
respect to the channel sidewall, and $thus\ $ deepen the
understanding of sperm navigation under strong confinement.
$Detachment\ $ of sperm, while swimming along curved
walls, is dominated by the change of $beat-\ $ plane
orientation. Therefore, either the emergence of a nonplanar
component of $the\ $ flagellar beat with increasing
wavelength or the strong confinement in shallow
$channels\ $ drastically increases wall attraction. Our
simulation results reveal a consistent $picture\ $ of
passive sperm guidance that is dominated by the steric
interactions of the $beat\ $ pattern with the nearby
surfaces.},
cin = {ICS-2 / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-2-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {553 - Physical Basis of Diseases (POF3-553) / Hydrodynamics
of Active Biological Systems $(jiff26_20110501)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-553 / $G:(DE-Juel1)jiff26_20110501$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000456276000007},
doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/aaf544},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858245},
}