Light moves artificial cilia to a complex beat

Dhanya Babu () and Nathalie Katsonis ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 605, issue 7908, 37-38

Abstract: The beating of hair-like structures that enable microorganisms to swim has been replicated in a polymer material that bends and twists with the help of light-sensitive molecular machines.

Keywords: Biophysics; Materials science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01080-9

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