Artificial Bacterial Flagella for Remote‐Controlled Targeted Single‐Cell Drug Delivery

• DOI: 10.1002/smll.201303538
• Publication Date: 2014-03-10T08:58:35Z
• Authors: Rami Mhanna; Famin Qiu; Li Zhang; Yun Ding; Kaori Sugihara; Marcy Zenobi‐Wong; Bradley J. Nelson
• Keywords: Micrometer; Targeted drug delivery; Magnetotactic Bacteria

An approach for batch preparation of liposome-functionalized microdevices is demonstrated remotely controlled single-cell drug delivery. The liposome functionalized artificial bacterial flagella exhibit corkscrew swimming in 3D with micrometer positioning precision by applying an external rotating magnetic field. devices are also capable delivering water-soluble drugs to single cells vitro.