PH-taxis of biohybrid microsystems

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhuang, Jiang ^a   Carlsen, Rika Wright ^a,b   Sitti, Metin ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 84931274888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11403     Document Type: Article

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