Preprint
Aug 2026
Coexisting chaos and order in micro-textured elastic flows
Viscoelastic fluid flows over micro-textured surfaces - densely covered by slender protrusions like cilia lining the body airways or villi covering the intestinal epithelium - underpin essential biological processes including transport, mixing, and absorption. Despite their ubiquity, the dynamics generated by the inter...
G. F. Rota, R. A. Lopez de la Cruz, S. J. Haward et al.
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