Propulsion of flexible polymer structures in a rotating magnetic field

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Garstecki, Piotr ^a   Tierno, Pietro ^b,c   Weibel, Douglas B ^d   Sagués, Francesc ^b,c   Whitesides, George M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HELICAL SYMMETRIES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBERS; NEW CONCEPTS; PERMANENT MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PLANAR POLYMERS; PLANAR SYMMETRIES; REVERSIBLE DEFORMATIONS; ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PROPULSION;

EID: 65449183342     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/20/204110     Document Type: Article

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