"Micro-robots" team up to act like vacuum cleaner [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Additional Creators:: Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

"Micro-robots" designed by Argonne National Laboratory physicists Alexey Snezhko and Igor Aronson pick up free-floating particles. The competing hydrodynamic flows created by the four-aster assembly trap the particles. This video is courtesy of Nature Materials. Read more about the bots at http://go.usa.gov/KAT

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E 1.99:1045475

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Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

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Microrobots Science Technology Nanotechnology Nano Robots Argonne National Laboratory Aronson Snezhko Materials Physics Bead Particles Hydrodynamics Magnets Magnetic Fields Nanobots Asters Vaccuum

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/2011.

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