ArticleNano letters2020
Untethered Single Cell Grippers for Active Biopsy.
Article in Nano letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Smart Magnetic Microrobots Learn to Swim with Deep Reinforcement Learning.Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2022Article
- Thermomagnetic-Responsive Self-Folding Microgrippers for Improving Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques and Biopsies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Single cell manipulation is important in biosensing, biorobotics, and quantitative cell analysis. Although microbeads, droplets, and microrobots have been developed previously, it is still challenging to simultaneously excise, capture, and manipulate single cells in a biocompatible manner. Here, we describe untethered single cell grippers, that can be remotely guided and actuated on-demand to actively capture or excise individual or few cells. We describe a novel molding method to micropattern a thermally responsive wax layer for biocompatible motion actuation. The multifingered grippers derive their energy from the triggered release of residual differential stress in bilayer hinges composed of silicon oxides. A magnetic layer enables remote guidance through narrow conduits and fixed tissue sections
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