Spermatozoa as Functional Components of Robotic Microswimmers

Spermatozoa as Functional Components of Robotic Microswimmers

© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 29(2017), 24 vom: 02. Juni
1. Verfasser: Magdanz, Veronika (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Medina-Sánchez, Mariana, Schwarz, Lukas, Xu, Haifeng, Elgeti, Jens, Schmidt, Oliver G
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Review microhelixes microrobotics microswimmers microtubes spermatozoa
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
In recent years, the combination of synthetic micro- and nanomaterials with spermatozoa as functional components has led to the development of tubular and helical spermbots - microrobotic devices with potential applications in the biomedical and nanotechnological field. Here, the initial advances in this field are discussed and the use of spermatozoa as functional parts in microdevices elaborated. Besides the potential uses of these hybrid robotic microswimmers, the obstacles along the way are discussed, with suggestions for solutions of the encountered challenges also given
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.01.2019
Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201606301