TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabrication and swimming properties of micro-machine coated with magnetite prepared by ferrite plating
AU - Nishimura, K.
AU - Sendoh, M.
AU - Ishiyama, K.
AU - Arai, K. I.
AU - Uchida, Hironaga
AU - Inoue, Mitsuteru
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - By the sterolithography technique and the ferrite plating, we have fabricated a magnetic micro-machine which coated Fe3O4. The sterolithography technique enables to form the spiral-shape resinous templates and the ferrite plating enables to coat Fe3O4 uniformly onto these templates from an aqueous solution. The total machine weight is light because a resin of the template body is almost the same density as water. We have verified that the machines swim freely and wirelessly in water by applying a rotational magnetic field. As the machine coated with Fe3O4 has a biocompatibility, there is a possibility of medical micro-robots which swim in human body for medical operations.
AB - By the sterolithography technique and the ferrite plating, we have fabricated a magnetic micro-machine which coated Fe3O4. The sterolithography technique enables to form the spiral-shape resinous templates and the ferrite plating enables to coat Fe3O4 uniformly onto these templates from an aqueous solution. The total machine weight is light because a resin of the template body is almost the same density as water. We have verified that the machines swim freely and wirelessly in water by applying a rotational magnetic field. As the machine coated with Fe3O4 has a biocompatibility, there is a possibility of medical micro-robots which swim in human body for medical operations.
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U2 - 10.1002/pssb.200304674
DO - 10.1002/pssb.200304674
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4644289039
SN - 0370-1972
VL - 241
SP - 1686
EP - 1688
JO - Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
JF - Physica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
IS - 7
ER -