Cell Rover—a miniaturized magnetostrictive antenna for wireless operation inside living cells

Baju Joy; Yubin Cai; David C. Bono; Deblina Sarkar

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32862-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Cell Rover—a miniaturized magnetostrictive antenna for wireless operation inside living cells

Baju Joy,
Yubin Cai,
David C. Bono,
Deblina Sarkar

Affiliations

Baju Joy: MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yubin Cai: MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David C. Bono: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deblina Sarkar: MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32862-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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An intracellular antenna that can truly enable probing, modulation or augmentation of biological cells remains an unmet challenge. Here, the authors present the Cell Rover, a magnetostrictive antenna that operates wirelessly inside a living cell and is compatible with 3D biological systems.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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