Swimming characteristics of helical microrobots in fibrous environments
Ullrich F, Qiu F, Pokki J, Huang T, Pane S, Nelson BJ (2016)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2016
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
Book Volume: 2016-July
Pages Range: 470-475
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Event location: Singapore, SGP
ISBN: 9781509032877
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523671
Abstract
Wireless magnetic microrobots show great potential for targeted drug delivery or as minimally invasive surgical tools in the human body. In order to swim through bodily fluids, such as the vitreous humor in the eye, they must be equipped to successfully move through viscoelastic fluids, where they are obstructed by fibrous networks or microparticles. Prior researchers have shown an increased propulsion efficiency with increasing viscoelastic properties for artificial helical swimmers and bacteria with helical flagella. This work investigates the effect of solutions with increasing collagen concentrations on the propulsion velocity of a magnetically actuated helical microswimmer. Results are in agreement with prior experiments and theory and show a performance peak for a helical microrobot of length 280 μm swimming in a fibrous solution with collagen concentration of 1578 μg/ml.
Involved external institutions
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Switzerland (CH)
University of Science and Technology Liaoning
China (CN)
Switzerland (CH)
University of Science and Technology Liaoning
China (CN)
How to cite
APA:
Ullrich, F., Qiu, F., Pokki, J., Huang, T., Pane, S., & Nelson, B.J. (2016). Swimming characteristics of helical microrobots in fibrous environments. In Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (pp. 470-475). Singapore, SGP: IEEE Computer Society.
MLA:
Ullrich, Franziska, et al. "Swimming characteristics of helical microrobots in fibrous environments." Proceedings of the 6th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2016, Singapore, SGP IEEE Computer Society, 2016. 470-475.
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