Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$290,403.00

Award Date

8/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Biologically active suspensions, of which a bath of swimming bacteria is a paradigmatic example, are fluid systems whose microstructure is alive and motile. As the system's 'active particles' propel themselves through the surrounding fluid, they produce d