Communication

Helical and Tubular Lipid Microstructures that are Electroless-Coated with CoNiReP for Wireless Magnetic Manipulation

  1. Simone Schuerle1,
  2. Salvador Pané1,*,
  3. Eva Pellicer2,
  4. Jordi Sort3,
  5. Maria D. Baró2,
  6. Bradley J. Nelson1

Article first published online: 13 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201101821

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Volume 8, Issue 10, pages 1498–1502, May 21, 2012

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Schuerle, S., Pané, S., Pellicer, E., Sort, J., Baró, M. D. and Nelson, B. J. (2012), Helical and Tubular Lipid Microstructures that are Electroless-Coated with CoNiReP for Wireless Magnetic Manipulation. Small, 8: 1498–1502. doi: 10.1002/smll.201101821

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

  2. 2

    Departament de Física, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain

  3. 3

    Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain

*Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 MAY 2012
  2. Article first published online: 13 MAR 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 12 JAN 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 2 SEP 2011

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Keywords:

  • drug delivery;
  • liposomes;
  • electroless CoNiReP;
  • magnetic manipulation;
  • biomimetics
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Hybrid magnetic phospholipidic-based tubular and helical microagents are wirelessly manipulated by means of a 5-DOF electromagnetic system. Two different strategies are used to manipulate these nanostructures in simulated biologic capillaries. Tubules are pulled by applying magnetic field gradients and oriented by magnetic fields. Helices exhibit a cork-screw motion similar to the swimming strategy used by motile bacteria such as E. coli.

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