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World’s Smallest Ship: 3D Printed Microboat’s Length Is 1/3 the Thickness of a Hair – SciTechDaily
From bow to stern, this little boat measures 30 micrometers, about a third of the thickness of a hair. It has been 3D-printed by Leiden physicists Rachel Doherty,…
3DBenchy. Credit: Leiden University
From bow to stern, this little boat measures 30 micrometers, about a third of the thickness of a hair. It has been 3D-printed by Leiden physicists Rachel Doherty, Daniela Kraft, and colleagues.
The image was made using an electron microscope and can be found in their article about 3D printing synthetic microswimmers in the scientific journal Soft Matter.
Microswimmers
Kraft’s research group researches microswimmers, small particles moving in fluids like water,…
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