A self-propelled biohybrid swimmer at low Reynolds number

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Williams, Brian J ^a   Anand, Sandeep V ^a   Rajagopalan, Jagannathan ^b   Saif, M Taher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; BAYSILON; BIOMATERIAL;

BIOMECHANICS; DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIMMING; THRUST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; BODY HEIGHT; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLAGELLUM; FORCE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SELF PROPELLED BIOHYBRID SWIMMER; SPERMATOZOON; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; FIBROBLASTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84899834991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4081     Document Type: Article

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