Acoustic streaming, the "small invention" of cyanobacteria?

Micro-engineering pumping devices without mechanical parts appeared "way back" in the early 1990's. The working principle is acoustic streaming. Has Nature "rediscovered" this invention 2.7 Gyr ago? Strands of marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus swim 25 diameters per second w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koiller, Jair (author)
Other Authors: Ehlers, Kurt M. (author), Chalub, Fábio Augusto da Costa Carvalho (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
waves
gliding
visualization
Acoustic
s-layers
Synechococcus
synechococcus
outer
cell
diatom
marine
ultrasound
membranes
streaming
hair
piezoelectricity
bacterial
cyanobacteria
cochlear
nanotechnology
motility
amplifier
Acoustic streaming
Cell membranes
Cyanobacteria
Piezoelectricity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/24751
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/24751

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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/24751

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