Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria‐Like Microrobotic Flagella. (7th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Servant, Ania; Qiu, Famin; Mazza, Mariarosa; Kostarelos, Kostas; Nelson, Bradley J.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 27:Number 19(2015)
• Page Start: 2981
• Page End: 2988
• Publication Date: 2015-04-07
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201404444
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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