Powering nanorobots: Catalytic engines enable tiny swimmers to harness fuel from their environment and overcome the weird physics of the microscopic world

Thomas E. Mallouk; Ayusman Sen

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Powering nanorobots: Catalytic engines enable tiny swimmers to harness fuel from their environment and overcome the weird physics of the microscopic world

Thomas E. Mallouk, Ayusman Sen

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	72-77
Number of pages	6
Journal	Scientific American
Volume	300
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0509-72
State	Published - May 2009

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