Abstract: SmallVolume 4, Issue 12 p. 2148-2153 Communication Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots† Gu Han Kwon, Gu Han Kwon Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorJoong Yull Park, Joong Yull Park Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorJeong Yoon Kim, Jeong Yoon Kim Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorMegan L. Frisk, Megan L. Frisk Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDavid J. Beebe, David J. Beebe Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorSang-Hoon Lee, Corresponding Author Sang-Hoon Lee [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea).Search for more papers by this author Gu Han Kwon, Gu Han Kwon Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorJoong Yull Park, Joong Yull Park Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorJeong Yoon Kim, Jeong Yoon Kim Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Search for more papers by this authorMegan L. Frisk, Megan L. Frisk Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorDavid J. Beebe, David J. Beebe Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorSang-Hoon Lee, Corresponding Author Sang-Hoon Lee [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea)Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Health Science, Korea University Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu Seoul 136-703 (Republic of Korea).Search for more papers by this author First published: 04 December 2008 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200800315Citations: 141 † This study was supported by a grant from the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (0405-ER01-0304-0001) and the NRL (National Research Lab) program, the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), Republic of Korea (R0A-2007-000-20086-0). 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