A microfabricated and microassembled wireless resonator

Flückiger, Michael; Nagy, Zoltán; Probst, Martin; Ergeneman, Olgaç; Nelson, Bradley J.

doi:10.1016/j.sna.2009.07.012

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“…In principle, since the ultrasonic signals only need to travel through the media once, this approach offers twice the penetration depth than the active mode . Flückiger et al showed the manufacturing of a hybrid acoustic microrobotic transmitter by means of microfabrication (photolithography, electrodeposition, selective etching) and robotic microassembly . The transmitters consisted of two gold architectures separated by a polymeric spacer: (a) a bottom gold layer containing a magnetic micropart in the center; and (b) a gold structure comprising two beam springs, which were used to hold a magnetic microstructure in the center (Figure b).…”

Section: Imaging Technologies For Micro‐ and Nanoswimmersmentioning

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Imaging Technologies for Biomedical Micro‐ and Nanoswimmers

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Puigmartí‐Luis

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et al. 2018

Adv Materials Technologies

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The last decade has seen the rapid development of untethered mobile micro‐ and nanorobots able to navigate liquids by means of external power sources or by harvesting chemicals from their surrounding media. These tiny devices hold great promise for applications in the biomedical field including targeted drug delivery, localized diagnostics, microsurgery, and cell stimulation. However, to translate small‐scale robots from the laboratory to the clinic, many challenges remain. A major obstacle is the lack of imaging technologies that will allow for precise tracking of the devices in vivo. Here, the current progress, challenges, and future possibilities in the monitoring and tracking of biomedical micro‐ and nanomachines using established as well as less conventional imaging technologies are reviewed.

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Section: Imaging Technologies For Micro‐ and Nanoswimmersmentioning

confidence: 99%