Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology

In nature many microorganisms are able to change their shape to adapt to the changes in the environment. Inspired by this phenomenon, here Huang et al. build artificial microswimmers with body and flagellum made of programmable hydrogel-based materials incorporated with magnetic nanoparticles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hen-Wei Huang, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Andrew J. Petruska, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12263

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