Magnetic swarm control of microorganisms
Paul Seung Soo Kim⁎; Aaron T. Becker†; Yan Ou‡; Dal Hyung Kim§; Anak Agung Julius‡; MinJun Kim¶ ⁎Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States†University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States‡Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States§Rowland Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States¶Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States
Abstract
Tetrahymena pyriformis is a single cell eukaryote that can be modified to respond to magnetic fields, a response called magnetotaxis. Naturally, this microorganism cannot respond to magnetic fields, but after modification using iron oxide nanoparticles, cells are magnetized and exhibit constant magnetic ...
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