NDLI: Controlled regular locomotion of algae cell microrobots

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Author	Xie, Shuangxi Jiao, Niandong Tung, Steve Liu, Lianqing
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Algae cells can be considered as microrobots from the perspective of engineering. These organisms not only have a strong reproductive ability but can also sense the environment, harvest energy from the surroundings, and swim very efficiently, accommodating all these functions in a body of size on the order of dozens of micrometers. An interesting topic with respect to random swimming motions of algae cells in a liquid is how to precisely control them as microrobots such that they swim according to manually set routes. This study developed an ingenious method to steer swimming cells based on the phototaxis. The method used a varying light signal to direct the motion of the cells. The swimming trajectory, speed, and force of algae cells were analyzed in detail. Then the algae cell could be controlled to swim back and forth, and traverse a crossroad as a microrobot obeying specific traffic rules. Furthermore, their motions along arbitrarily set trajectories such as zigzag, and triangle were realized successfully under optical control. Robotize algae cells can be used to precisely transport and deliver cargo such as drug particles in microfluidic chip for biomedical treatment and pharmacodynamic analysis. The study findings are expected to bring significant breakthrough in biological drives and new biomedical applications.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	9
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872176
Journal	Biomedical Microdevices
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728781
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-05-20
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Algae cell Microrobot Phototaxis Directional control Bioactuator Biomedical Engineering Biophysics and Biological Physics Nanotechnology Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Molecular Biology Biomedical Engineering

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