Microrobots for Micrometer-Size Objects in Aqueous Media: Potential Tools for Single-Cell Manipulation
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- 30 June 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 288 (5475) , 2335-2338
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.288.5475.2335
Abstract
Conducting polymers are excellent materials for actuators that are operated in aqueous media. Microactuators based on polypyrrole-gold bilayers enable large movement of structures attached to these actuators and are of particular interest for the manipulation of biological objects, such as single cells. A fabrication method for creating individually addressable and controllable polypyrrole-gold microactuators was developed. With these individually controlled microactuators, a micrometer-size manipulator, or microrobotic arm, was fabricated. This microrobotic arm can pick up, lift, move, and place micrometer-size objects within an area of about 250 micrometers by 100 micrometers, making the microrobot an excellent tool for single-cell manipulation.Keywords
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