MIT scientists have developed robots no bigger than a cell that could be used to monitor conditions inside an oil or gas pipeline, or to search out disease while floating through the bloodstream.
About:
The team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. calls these tiny devices as “syncells” (short for synthetic cells).
These tiny objects “behave like a living biological cell”.
Method:
The key to making “syncells” in large quantities lies in controlling the natural fracturing process of atomically-thin, brittle materials.
The process, called “autoperforation”, directs the fracture lines so that they produce miniscule pockets of a predictable size and shape. Embedded inside these pockets are electronic circuits and materials that can collect data
The system, developed by researchers uses a two-dimensional form of carbon called graphene, which forms the outer structure of the tiny syncells.
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