Swimmers by design

Igor S. Aranson ()
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Igor S. Aranson: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7594, 312-313

Abstract: Scientists have created soft microrobots whose body shapes can be controlled by structured light, and which self-propel by means of travelling-wave body deformations similar to those exhibited by swimming protozoa.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/531312a

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