Swimming bacteria power microscopic gears

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 969-974

  Sokolov, Andrey ^a,b   Apodaca, Mario M ^c   Grzybowski, Bartosz A ^c,d   Aranson, Igor S ^a,d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Ratchet; Self propulsion; Sustained rotation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARNESS;

EID: 75749132870     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913015107     Document Type: Article

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