Micro- and nanorobots swimming in heterogeneous liquids

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8718-8724

  Nelson, Bradley J ^a   Peyer, Kathrin E ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOROBOTICS; NANOROBOTS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; ROBOTS;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS; MESH SIZE; MICROROBOTS; SWIMMING PERFORMANCE;

LIQUIDS;

METHYLCELLULOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; VISCOSITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOTION; MOVEMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84925352986     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504295z     Document Type: Review

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