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Fig. 7.5
Trajectories of tracer particles around a single droplet squirmer over a 16 s duration
L
eft in the co-moving reference frame of the squirmer (shown as
b
lue circle, which represents the
approximate size of the actual droplet) and
R
ight in the laboratory frame of reference. The
g
rey
box indicates the approximate path of the squirmer. The closed loops of the tracer tracks (
b
lack)
are seen close to the swimmer path
Fig. 7.6
Dynamics of closed loop formation.
To p
Snapshots from an experiment showing the
motion of the squirmer droplet (
white circle
) with fluorescent tracers (
white spots
) around. The
trajectory of a single tracer which forms a closed loop is shown in
red
.
Middle
The corresponding
velocity of tracer as a function of time.
Bottom
The X and Y components of the tracer velocity
