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Stimulation of vigorous rotational flows and novel flow patterns using triaxial magnetic fields

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Cooling Energy-Hungry Data Centers

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Self-Assembled Magnetic Surface Swimmers

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Microdroplets: A sea of applications?

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Static microdroplet arrays: a microfluidic device for droplet trapping, incubation and release for enzymatic and cell-based assays

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