Mini and micro propulsion for medical swimmers

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-113

  Feng, Jian ^a   Cho, Sung Kwon ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Lab on a chip; Micro medical robot; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEMS;

BIOLOGICAL FIELDS; DIRECTIONAL CONTROL; MEDICAL ROBOTS; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICRO PROPULSION; MILLIMETER-SCALE; RESEARCH INTERESTS; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84902590649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5010097     Document Type: Review

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