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Enabling Cargo‐Carrying Bacteria via Surface Attachment and Triggered Release

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Motile bacteria are selectively attached to submicrometer-scale cargo immobilized on gold patterns on a silicon substrate using surface chemistry and the specificity of antibody-based capture. The bacteria–cargo conjugates can be released on-demand from the surface with benign chemicals, and the motile bacteria are observed to propel their cargo in solution.

Source: Small

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201002036

Authors: Rohan Fernandes, Mary Zuniga, Fritz R. Sassine, Mert Karakoy, David H. Gracias

Institution: Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Micro and Nano Robotics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: Minimally Invasive Micro-Nanoscale Tools and Devices for Medicine