Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course

Philip Wijesinghe

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01448-8

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Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course

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- Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course
- Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course
- Light: Science & Applications 2024年13卷第5期页码：803-805
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- Author bio：
  
  apw64@st-andrews.ac.uk
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  Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01448-8
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- 网络出版：2024-05-06，
  
  纸质出版：2024-12
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Philip Wijesinghe. Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2024,13(5):803-805.

Philip Wijesinghe. Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2024, 13(5): 803-805.
Philip Wijesinghe. Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2024,13(5):803-805. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01448-8.

Philip Wijesinghe. Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2024, 13(5): 803-805. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01448-8.

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Abstract

Euglena gracilis

microalga has been transformed into a soft bio-microrobot with light-controlled motion and deformation that can address diverse bio-challenges

such as drug delivery

diseased cell removal

and photodynamic therapy.

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