Swarmbots (IMAGE)

Duke University

Swarmbots

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'Swarmbots,' living cells engineered to produce monomer molecules, grow until they sense their population density has reached a certain level, whereupon they burst open, allowing the monomers to mingle and self-assemble into a composite polymer.

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Zhuojun Dai

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