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SUBMITTER: Gu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250860 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gu Hongri H Boehler Quentin Q Cui Haoyang H Secchi Eleonora E Savorana Giovanni G De Marco Carmela C Gervasoni Simone S Peyron Quentin Q Huang Tian-Yun TY Pane Salvador S Hirt Ann M AM Ahmed Daniel D Nelson Bradley J BJ
Nature communications 20200526 1
Metachronal waves commonly exist in natural cilia carpets. These emergent phenomena, which originate from phase differences between neighbouring self-beating cilia, are essential for biological transport processes including locomotion, liquid pumping, feeding, and cell delivery. However, studies of such complex active systems are limited, particularly from the experimental side. Here we report magnetically actuated, soft, artificial cilia carpets. By stretching and folding onto curved templates, ...[more]