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ArticleMicromachines2019

Phototactic Algae-Driven Unidirectional Transport of Submillimeter-Sized Cargo in a Microchannel.

Moeto Nagai, Takahiro Hirano, Takayuki Shibata

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Article in Micromachines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Phototaxis and Motility ofMicromachines · 2026
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  2. Review
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  4. Reversible Design of Dynamic Assemblies at Small Scales.Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2021
    Article
  5. Review
  6. High-Yield Production of Biohybrid Microalgae for On-Demand Cargo Delivery.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Moeto NagaiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan. nagai@me.tut.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-7852-7772
Takahiro HiranoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan. saucy_cat1030@yahoo.co.jp.
Takayuki ShibataDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8580, Japan. shibata@me.tut.ac.jp.

Funding

Hatakeyama Culture Foundation NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sensing and actuation capabilities of biological cells integrated with artificial components have been used to create autonomous microsystems. For creating autonomous microsystems, the unidirectional transport of a submillimeter-sized cargo with stimuli responsive bio-motors should be developed as a fundamental motion. This study aims to use

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biohybrid systemmicrorobotmicro-swimmermotion controlphototaxisVolvox

Identifiers

PMID30781488
PMCPMC6412834

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