Controlled swimming in confined fluids of magnetically actuated colloidal rotors.
We show that DNA-linked anisotropic doublets composed of paramagnetic colloidal particles can be endowed with controlled propulsion when floating above a flat plate and subjected to a magnetic field precessing around an axis parallel to the plate. The propulsion mechanism for this artificial swimmer...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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