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Bioinspired Soft Robot with Incorporated Microelectrodes
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Light-deformable microrobots shape up for the biological obstacle course
1Centre of Biophotonics, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK. pw64@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Light, Science & Applications
|May 6, 2024
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.

