Active micromachines: Microfluidics powered by mesoscale turbulence.

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Published in Sci Adv on July 08, 2016

Authors

Sumesh P Thampi1, Amin Doostmohammadi2, Tyler N Shendruk3, Ramin Golestanian2, Julia M Yeomans2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.; Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.
2: Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.
3: The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK.

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