MagnetoSperm: A microrobot that navigates using weak magnetic fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 22, 2014, Pages

  Khalil, Islam S M ^a   Dijkslag, Herman C ^b   Abelmann, Leon ^c,d   Misra, Sarthak ^b  

^a GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Campus E71   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HEADS; NICKEL;

AVERAGE SPEED; COBALT-NICKEL; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MICRO ROBOTS; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; THRUST FORCES; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84902436791     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4880035     Document Type: Article

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