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A magnetic liquid makes for an injectable sensor in living tissue

Fluid studded with microscopic magnetic particles can be inserted into the body and later retrieved.
PFM droplet buoyant in the water responding to the external rotating magnetic field.

A droplet of a magnetic fluid responds to a rotating external magnetic field. Credit: X. Zhao et al./Nat. Mater.

A fluid that retains its magnetic structure when an external magnetic field is removed can form the basis of liquid bioelectronics1.

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Nature 629, 263 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01262-7

References

  1. Zhao, X. et al. Nature Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-01802-6 (2024).

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