A note on a swirling squirmer in a shear-thinning fluid
- Award ID(s):
- 1931292
- PAR ID:
- 10202064
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Institute of Physics
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Fluids
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 1070-6631
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- Article No. 111906
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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