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Stimuli Responsive Materials: Biopsy with Thermally‐Responsive Untethered Microtools (Adv. Mater. 4/2013)
Author(s) -
Gultepe Evin,
Randhawa Jatinder S.,
Kadam Sachin,
Yamanaka Sumitaka,
Selaru Florin M.,
Shin Eun J.,
Kalloo Anthony N.,
Gracias David H.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201370021
Subject(s) - grippers , materials science , biomedical engineering , nanotechnology , biology , anatomy , engineering
The first biopsy with untethered, sub‐millimeter scale grippers is described by David H. Gracias and co‐workers on page 514 . The cover shows the retrieval of cells from the bile duct of a live pig using thermally responsive tether‐free m‐grippers. The retrieved tissue was of a high enough quality and quantity to enable both histological and molecular biology analyses which forms the basis of diagnostics. Image created by Martin Rietveld.