Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria‐Like Microrobotic Flagella
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- 7 April 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 27 (19), 2981-2988
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201404444
Abstract
In vivo imaging and actuation of a swarm of magnetic helical microswimmers by external magnetic fields (less than 10 mT) in deep tissue is demonstrated for the first time. This constitutes a major milestone in the field, yielding a generation of micrometer‐scale transporters with numerous applications in biomedicine including synthetic biology, assisted fertilization, and drug/gene delivery.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Research Council Advanced Grant BOTMED
- Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation (IZLCZ2_138898)
- United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G061882/1)
- Grand Challenge in Nanotechnology: Healthcare scheme
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