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On the spot drug delivery with light-controlled organic microswimmers
Drug loaded carbon nitride microswimmers in a cellular environment. Foto credit: MPI for Intelligent Systems

On the spot drug delivery with light-controlled organic microswimmers

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research develop organic microparticles that can steer through biological fluids and dissolved blood in unprecedented ways. Even in very salty liquids, the microswimmers can be propelled forward at high speed by visible light, either individually or as a swarm. Additionally, they are partially biocompatible and can take up and release cargo on demand. The material properties are so ideal they could pave the way toward designing semi-autonomous microrobots applied in biomedicine.


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