Wireless powering of e-swimmers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Roche, JéRome ^a   Carrara, Serena ^a   Sanchez, Julien ^a   Lannelongue, Jérémy ^a   Loget, Gabriel ^a   Bouffier, Laurent ^a   Fischer, Peer ^b   Kuhn, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 84908599506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06705     Document Type: Article

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