A stochastic model for chemotactic motion of micro-beads propelled by attached bacteria

2010 3rd IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 704-709

  Traore, Mahama A ^a   Behkam, Bahareh ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHED BACTERIA; CHEMOATTRACTANT GRADIENTS; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAGELLATED BACTERIA; MICROBEADS; MICROROBOTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TIME-SCALES; TIME-TO-CAPTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROBOTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 78650345389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5625984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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