Galvanotactic and phototactic control of Tetrahymena pyriformis as a microfluidic workhorse

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Dal Hyung ^a   Casale, David ^a   Kõhidai, László ^b   Kim, Min Jun ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; BROADBAND LIGHTS; DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; GALVANOTAXIS; HIGH INTENSITIES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; ROTATIONAL MOTIONS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TRACKING ALGORITHMS;

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EID: 65449116848     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3123254     Document Type: Article

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