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eLife, 2017 The highly motile and versatile protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes a complex life cycle in the tsetse fly. Here we introduce the host insect as an expedient model environment for microswimmer research, as it allows examination of microbial ...
Sarah Schuster +6 more
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Integrated Microfluidic–Electromagnetic System to Probe Single-Cell Magnetotaxis in Microconfinement
Bioengineering, 2023 Magnetotactic bacteria have great potential for use in biomedical and environmental applications due to the ability to direct their navigation with a magnetic field.
Brianna Bradley +2 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou +4 more
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Random motion of a circle microswimmer in a random environment
New Journal of Physics, 2020 We simulate the dynamics of a single circle microswimmer exploring a disordered array of fixed obstacles. The interplay of two different types of randomness, quenched disorder and stochastic noise, is investigated to unravel their impact on the transport
Oleksandr Chepizhko, Thomas Franosch
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Propulsion Mechanism of Flexible Microbead Swimmers in the Low Reynolds Number Regime
Micromachines, 2020 A propulsion mechanism for a flexible microswimmer constructed from superparamagnetic microbeads with different diameters and subjected to an oscillating field was studied experimentally and theoretically herein. Various types of artificial swimmers with
Yan-Hom Li, Shao-Chun Chen
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents the MicroRoboScope, a highly integrated, compact, and portable microrobotic experimentation platform combining electromagnetic and acoustic actuation with real‐time visual feedback into a single, end‐to‐end device. The system enables closed‐loop control and tracking algorithm experimentation within an accessible and unified hardware ...
Max Sokolich +4 more
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Droplet microswimmers: chemohydrodynamic and collective effects
, 2023 In this thesis, we investigate the chemohydrodynamics of droplet microswimmers from the individual to the collective scale. A popular experimental realization of a droplet micro-swimmer consists of oil-in-water (alternatively, water-in-oil) emulsions in which the outer phase is a supramicellar surfactant solution that acts as a fuel for droplet ...
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eLife, 2020 Bacteria propel and change direction by rotating long, helical filaments, called flagella. The number of flagella, their arrangement on the cell body and their sense of rotation hypothetically determine the locomotion characteristics of a species.
Klaas Bente +7 more
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Geometric Methods for Efficient Planar Swimming of Copepod Nauplii
Micromachines, 2021 Copepod nauplii are larval crustaceans with important ecological functions. Due to their small size, they experience an environment of low Reynolds number within their aquatic habitat.
Corey Shanbrom +3 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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