Using surface-motions for locomotion of microscopic robots in viscous fluids

Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 61-77

  Hogg, Tad ^a  

^a Institute for Molecular Manufacturing   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Low Reynolds number fluid motion; Nanomedicine; Power dissipation

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBOTS; TISSUE; VISCOSITY;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; EXPOSED SURFACES; FLUID MOTIONS; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; PRECISE LOCATIONS; PROPULSION METHODS; SMALL-AMPLITUDE OSCILLATIONS; TANGENTIAL MOTIONS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84920370604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12213-014-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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