Remotely powered self-propelling particles and micropumps based on miniature diodes

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-240

  Chang, Suk Tai ^a   Paunov, Vesselin N ^b   Petsev, Dimiter N ^c   Velev, Orlin D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROMACHINING; MICROSENSORS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELDS; EMBEDDED DIODES; MINIATURE DIODES; SELF PROPELLING PARTICLES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MINIATURIZATION; MOTION; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 33847678889     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1843     Document Type: Article

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