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Bioinspired microrobots

Palagi, Stefano, Fischer, Peer·2018·Nature Reviews Materials
DOI 10.1038/s41578-018-0016-9
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Authors
Palagi, S., & Fischer, P.
Venue
Nature Reviews Materials
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-05-10
Volume
3
Issue
6
Pages
113-124
ISSN
2058-8437 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41578-018-0016-9
OpenAlex
W4211033363
Cited by
716
References
95
FWCI
3.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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