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A swarm of slippery micropropellers penetrates the vitreous body of the eye
- Zhiguang Wu1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileJonas Troll3,
- Hyeon-Ho Jeong1,
- View ORCID ProfileQiang Wei4,
- Marius Stang5,
- View ORCID ProfileFocke Ziemssen5,
- View ORCID ProfileZegao Wang6,
- View ORCID ProfileMingdong Dong6,
- Sven Schnichels5,
- View ORCID ProfileTian Qiu1,* and
- View ORCID ProfilePeer Fischer1,3,*
- 1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 2Key Laboratory of Microsystems and Microstructures Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yi Kuang Jie 2, Harbin 150080, China.
- 3Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 4Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
- 5Center of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- 6Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: qiu{at}is.mpg.de (T.Q.); fischer{at}is.mpg.de (P.F.)
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Science Advances 02 Nov 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaat4388
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4388
Vol. 4, no. 11, eaat4388
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4388
Zhiguang Wu
1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
2Key Laboratory of Microsystems and Microstructures Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yi Kuang Jie 2, Harbin 150080, China.
Jonas Troll
3Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Hyeon-Ho Jeong
1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Qiang Wei
4Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Marius Stang
5Center of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Focke Ziemssen
5Center of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Zegao Wang
6Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Mingdong Dong
6Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Sven Schnichels
5Center of Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Tian Qiu
1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Peer Fischer
1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
3Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
