![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
|
Contact: Clemens Bechinger
c.bechinger@physik.uni-stuttgart.de
49-711-685-65218
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Caption: Pumps teaming up and working together: In a magnetic field the microspheres (orange) form diamond shaped valves and a cog wheel. With skilful manipulation of a magnetic field, the wheel rolls through the cavity, and together with the valves pumps a fluid with colloid particles (blue) through the system.
Credit: Sabri Rahmouni/University of Stuttgart
Usage Restrictions: None
Related news release: Ship-in-a-bottle kit on a microchip
|