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An Abiotic Glass-Bead Collector Exhibiting Active Transport
Animals relocate objects as needed by active motion. Active transport is ubiquitous in living organisms but has been difficult to realize in abiotic systems. Here we show that a self-propelled droplet can gather scattered beads toward one place on a floor and sweep it clean. This is a biomimetic act...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4585695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26387743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14348 |