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Preparation and 3D Tracking of Catalytic Swimming Devices
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Directed rotational motion of microscale objects using interfacial tension gradients continually generated via
Jeffrey M Catchmark1, Shyamala Subramanian, Ayusman Sen
1Nanofabrication Facility, The Pennsylvania State University, 189 Materials Research Institute Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA. jcatchmark@engr.psu.edu
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|December 29, 2006
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