IRONSperm: Sperm-templated soft magnetic microrobots

Veronika Magdanz; Islam S. M. Khalil; Juliane Simmchen; Guilherme P. Furtado; Sumit Mohanty; Johannes Gebauer; Haifeng Xu; Anke Klingner; Azaam Aziz; Mariana Medina-Sánchez; Oliver G. Schmidt; Sarthak Misra

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba5855

Research ArticleAPPLIED SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

IRONSperm: Sperm-templated soft magnetic microrobots

View ORCID ProfileVeronika Magdanz ¹,*,
View ORCID ProfileIslam S. M. Khalil²,*,
View ORCID ProfileJuliane Simmchen ³,
Guilherme P. Furtado²,
View ORCID ProfileSumit Mohanty²,
Johannes Gebauer¹,
View ORCID ProfileHaifeng Xu⁴,
View ORCID ProfileAnke Klingner⁵,
View ORCID ProfileAzaam Aziz⁴,
Mariana Medina-Sánchez ⁴,
View ORCID ProfileOliver G. Schmidt ⁴,⁶,⁷ and
View ORCID ProfileSarthak Misra ²,⁸

¹Applied Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
²Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.
³Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁴Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.
⁵Department of Physics, German University in Cairo, New Cairo City, Egypt.
⁶Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.
⁷School of Science, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁸Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: veronika.magdanz{at}tu-dresden.de (V.M.); i.s.m.khalil{at}utwente.nl (I.S.M.K.)

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Science Advances 08 Jul 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 28, eaba5855
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba5855

Veronika Magdanz

1Applied Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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For correspondence: veronika.magdanz@tu-dresden.de i.s.m.khalil@utwente.nl

Islam S. M. Khalil

2Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

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For correspondence: veronika.magdanz@tu-dresden.de i.s.m.khalil@utwente.nl

Juliane Simmchen

3Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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Guilherme P. Furtado

2Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

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Sumit Mohanty

2Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

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Johannes Gebauer

1Applied Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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Haifeng Xu

4Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.

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Anke Klingner

5Department of Physics, German University in Cairo, New Cairo City, Egypt.

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Azaam Aziz

4Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.

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Mariana Medina-Sánchez

4Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.

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Oliver G. Schmidt

4Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany.

6Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.

7School of Science, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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Sarthak Misra

2Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

8Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

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