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Controllable load sharing for soft adhesive interfaces on three-dimensional surfaces
Song, S., Drotlef, D., Majidi, C., Sitti, M.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(22):E4344–E4353, 2017 ()
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Dynamic and programmable self-assembly of micro-rafts at the air-water interface
Wang, W., Giltinan, J., Zakharchenko, S., Sitti, M.
Science Advances, 3(5):e1602522, 2017 ()
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Presentation of functional groups on self-assembled supramolecular peptide nanofibers mimicking glycosaminoglycans for directed mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
Yasa, O., Uysal, O., Ekiz, M. S., Guler, M. O., Tekinay, A. B.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(25):4890-4900, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017 ()
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Propulsion and Chemotaxis in Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers
Zhuang, J., Park, B., Sitti, M.
Advanced Science, 4(9):1700109, 2017 ()
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Hydrophobic pinning with copper nanowhiskers leads to bactericidal properties
Singh, A. V., Baylan, S., Park, B., Richter, G., Sitti, M.
PloS One, 12(4):e0175428, 2017 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter
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Biohybrid microtube swimmers driven by single captured bacteria
Stanton, M. M., Park, B., Miguel-López, A., Ma, X., Sitti, M., Sánchez, S.
Small, 13(19):1603679, 2017 ()
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Sticky Solution Provides Grip for the First Robotic Pollinator
Amador, G. J., Hu, D. L.
Chem, 2(2):162 - 164, 2017 ()
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The use of clamping grips and friction pads by tree frogs for climbing curved surfaces
Endlein, T., Ji, A., Yuan, S., Hill, I., Wang, H., Barnes, W. J. P., Dai, Z., Sitti, M.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1849):20162867, 2017 ()
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Nanoscale topographical control of capillary assembly of nanoparticles
Flauraud, V., Mastrangeli, M., Bernasconi, G., Butet, J., Alexander, D., Shahrabi, E., Martin, O., Brugger, J.
Scientific Reports, 12(1):73-80, 2017 ()
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Rubbing Against Blood Clots Using Helical Robots: Modeling and In Vitro Experimental Validation
Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Sadek, K., Mahdy, D., Hamdi, N., Sitti, M.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2):927-934, 2017 (Published)
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Physical Intelligence
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Gene delivery particle engineering strategies for shape-dependent targeting of cells and tissues.
Kozielski, K., Sitti, M.
Current Gene Therapy, 17(2), 2017 ()
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Patent
Method of molding simple or complex micro and/or nanopatterned features on both planar or non-planar molded objects and surfaces and the molded objects produced using same
Sitti, M., Glass, P. S., Aksak, B.
2017, US Patent 9,566,722 ()
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Patent
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for micromanipulation with adhesive fibrillar structures
Sitti, M., Mengüç, Y.
US Patent 9,731,422, 2017 ()
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Microemulsion-Based Soft Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers for Active Cargo Delivery
Singh, A. V., Hosseinidoust, Z., Park, B., Yasa, O., Sitti, M.
ACS Nano, 11(10):9759-9769, 2017 ()
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Book
Mobile Microrobotics
Sitti, M.
Mobile Microrobotics, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2017 (Published)
Mobile Microrobotics By Metin Sitti - Chapter 1 (PDF)
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Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications
Ceylan, H., Giltinan, J., Kozielski, K., Sitti, M.
Lab on a Chip, 17(10):1705-1724, 2017 ()
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Physical Intelligence
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Mode Evolution in Strongly Coupled Plasmonic Dolmens Fabricated by Templated Assembly
Flauraud, V., Bernasconi, G. D., Butet, J., Mastrangeli, M., Alexander, D. T. L., Martin, O. J. F., Brugger, J.
ACS Photonics, 4(7):1661-1668, 2017 ()
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Multi-fractal characterization of bacterial swimming dynamics: a case study on real and simulated Serratia marcescens
Koorehdavoudi, H., Bogdan, P., Wei, G., Marculescu, R., Zhuang, J., Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2203), 2017 ()
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Multiaxial Polarity Determines Individual Cellular and Nuclear Chirality
Raymond, M. J., Ray, P., Kaur, G., Fredericks, M., Singh, A. V., Wan, L. Q.
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 10(1):63-74, 2017 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Conference Paper
Planning spin-walking locomotion for automatic grasping of microobjects by an untethered magnetic microgripper
Dong, X., Sitti, M.
In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :6612-6618, 2017 ()
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Recent Advances in Skin Penetration Enhancers for Transdermal Gene and Drug Delivery
Amjadia, M., Mostaghacia, B., Sittia, M.
Current Gene Therapy, 17(2):139-146, 2017 ()
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Physical Intelligence
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Surface tension-driven self-alignment
Mastrangeli, M., Zhou, Q., Sariola, V., Lambert, P.
Soft Matter, 13(2):304-327, 2017 ()
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Physical Intelligence
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Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based systems for drug delivery
Hosseinidoust, Z., Mostaghaci, B., Yasa, O., Park, B., Singh, A. V., Sitti, M.
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 106:27-44, 2016 ()
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Physical Intelligence
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Steering control of a water-running robot using an active tail
Kim, H., Jeong, K., Sitti, M., Seo, T.
In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :4945-4950, October 2016 ()
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A 5-D localization method for a magnetically manipulated untethered robot using a 2-D array of Hall-effect sensors
Son, D., Yim, S., Sitti, M.
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(2):708-716, 2016 ()
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High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators
Amjadi, M., Sitti, M.
ACS Nano, 10(11):10202-10210, 2016 ()
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Programmable assembly of heterogeneous microparts by an untethered mobile capillary microgripper
Giltinan, J., Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Lab on a Chip, 16(22):4445-4457, 2016 ()
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Bacteria-Driven Particles: Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 18/2016)
Singh, A. V., Sitti, M.
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2306-2306, 2016 ()
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Composition-dependent underwater adhesion of catechol-bearing hydrogels
Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhao, J., Ding, H., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J.
Polymer International, 65(11):1355-1359, 2016 ()
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The effect of temperature and humidity on adhesion of a gecko-inspired adhesive: implications for the natural system
Stark, A. Y., Klittich, M. R., Sitti, M., Niewiarowski, P. H., Dhinojwala, A.
Scientific Reports, 6(1):1-7, 2016 ()
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Targeting of cell mockups using sperm-shaped microrobots in vitro
Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Hosney, A., Klingner, A., Shalaby, M., Abdel-Kader, R. M., Serry, M., Sitti, M.
In 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), :495-501, July 2016 ()
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Analysis of the magnetic torque on a tilted permanent magnet for drug delivery in capsule robots
Munoz, F., Alici, G., Zhou, H., Li, W., Sitti, M.
In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), :1386-1391, July 2016 ()
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Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number
Khalil, I. S., Fatih Tabak, A., Klingner, A., Sitti, M.
Applied Physics Letters, 109(3):033701, 2016 ()
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Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics
Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M.
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 35(1-3):114-128, 2016 ()
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Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers
Singh, A. V., Sitti, M.
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2325-2331, 2016 ()
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Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016)
Ye, Z., Lum, G. Z., Song, S., Rich, S., Sitti, M.
Advanced Materials, 28(25):5088-5092, 2016 ()
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Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots
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Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter
Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Dong, X., Marvi, H., Erin, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41):E6007–E6015, 2016 ()
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Sperm-shaped magnetic microrobots: Fabrication using electrospinning, modeling, and characterization
Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Hosney, A., Mohamed, A., Klingner, A., Ghoneima, M., Sitti, M.
In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :1939-1944, May 2016 ()
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Miscellaneous
System and method to magnetically actuate a capsule endoscopic robot for diagnosis and treatment
Sitti, M., Yim, S.
2016, US Patent 9,445,711 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Article
Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers
Zhuang, J., Sitti, M.
Scientific reports, 6(1):1-10, 2016 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Article
Inflated soft actuators with reversible stable deformations
Hines, L., Petersen, K., Sitti, M.
Advanced Materials, 28(19):3690-3696, 2016 ()
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Physical Intelligence
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Targeted drug delivery and imaging using mobile milli/microrobots: A promising future towards theranostic pharmaceutical design
Vikram Singh, A., Sitti, M.
Current Pharmaceutical Design, 22(11):1418-1428, 2016 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Patent
Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators
Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S.
February 2016, US Patent 9,281,112 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Article
Parallel microcracks-based ultrasensitive and highly stretchable strain sensors
Amjadi, M., Turan, M., Clementson, C. P., Sitti, M.
ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 8(8):5618-5626, 2016 ()
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Miscellaneous
Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators
Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S.
2016, US Patent 9,281,112 ()
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Physical Intelligence
Article
Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review
Amjadi, M., Kyung, K., Park, I., Sitti, M.
Advanced Functional Materials, 26(11):1678-1698, 2016 ()
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Size optimization of a magnetic system for drug delivery with capsule robots
Munoz, F., Alici, G., Li, W., Sitti, M.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(5):1-11, 2016 ()
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Book Chapter
Untethered Magnetic Micromanipulation
Diller, E., Sitti, M.
In Micro-and Nanomanipulation Tools, 13, 10, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, November 2015 ()
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Conference Paper
Compliant wing design for a flapping wing micro air vehicle
Colmenares, D., Kania, R., Zhang, W., Sitti, M.
In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :32-39, September 2015 ()
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Patent
Methods of forming dry adhesive structures
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
September 2015, US Patent 9,120,953 ()
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