Microscopic artificial swimmers

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7060, 2005, Pages 862-865

  Dreyfus, Rémi ^a   Baudry, Jean ^a   Roper, Marcus L ^b   Fermigier, Marc ^c   Stone, Howard A ^b   Bibette, Jérôme ^a  

^a PARISTECH   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; DNA; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROMETERS;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLA; BLOOD CELLS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MAGNETIC PARTICLES;

BACTERIA;

LOCOMOTION; MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 27144445069     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04090     Document Type: Article

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