Reconfigurable engineered motile semiconductor microparticles

Active particles that demonstrate life-like behavior may find use in bio-inspired technologies, but achieving on-demand reconfiguration remains challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate controllable, collective behavior in silicon microparticles, which are fabricated via conventional semiconductor...

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Main Authors: Ugonna Ohiri, C. Wyatt Shields, Koohee Han, Talmage Tyler, Orlin D. Velev, Nan Jokerst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04183-y