Publications

2025

Flow-driven magnetic microcatheter for superselective arterial embolization

L. Pancaldi; E. Özelçi; M. A. Gadiri; J. Raub; P. J. Mosimann et al. 

Science Robotics. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 107. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adu4003.

Growth in confinement promotes Pseudomonas aeruginosa tolerance to antibiotics

S. Monnappa; Z. Al‐Mayyah; M. S. Sakar; A. Persat 

2025

In Memoriam: Prof. Reymond Clavel [RAM Society News]

A. Billard; M. Bouri; M. S. Sakar; J. Paik; A. Ijspeert et al. 

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 2025. Vol. 32, num. 3, p. 213 – 214. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3586085.

Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots

X. Ju; C. Chen; Ç. M. Oral; S. Sevim; R. Golestanian et al. 

ACS Nano. 2025. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.5c03911.

Three-dimensional on-chip micromanipulation using bulk acoustic waves

M. S. Sakar; E. Vuille-dit-Bille; M-A. Dubois; J. Hwang; D. Bayat et al. 

2025

An acoustic levitation platform for high-content histological analysis of 3D tissue culture

E. Vuille-Dit-Bille; C. L. Fonta; S. Heub; S. Boder-Pasche; M. S. Sakar et al. 

Lab on a Chip. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5lc00153f.

PEGDA-based HistoBrick for increasing throughput of cryosectioning and immunohistochemistry in organoid and small tissue studies

E. Vuille-Dit-Bille; L. Utz; F. E. MĂŒllner; V. J. Arteaga-Moreta; Y. Hou et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2025. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 412. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-83164-2.

Characteristics of Two Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains and Their Extracellular Vesicles as New Candidates for Probiotics

A. Gryciuk; M. Milner-Krawczyk; M. Rogalska; A. K. Banach; E. Sitkiewicz et al. 

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 2025. DOI : 10.1007/s12602-025-10624-0.

Shortwave Infrared Imaging of a Quantum Dot‐Based Magnetic Guidewire Toward Non‐Fluoroscopic Peripheral Vascular Interventions (Small 3/2025)

J. Hwang; B. Kim; C. Jin; G. Lee; H. Jeong et al. 

Small. 2025. Vol. 21, num. 3. DOI : 10.1002/smll.202570022.

Endoscopic debridement of chronic plantar fasciitis with heel spur resection – a prospective cohort study = Endoskopowe opracowanie przewlekƂego zapalenia rozcięgna podeszwowego z resekcją ostrogi piętowej – prospektywne badanie kohortowe

P. BuliƄski; B. Bąbik; A. Banach; P. Milanović; S. Barbu et al. 

Chirurgia Narzadow Ruchu i Ortopedia Polska – Polish Orthopaedics. 2025. Vol. 90, num. 1, p. 56 – 63. DOI : 10.31139/chnriop.2025.90.1.5.

Supratrochlear Rim Resection: Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis–Based Arthroscopic Technique for Patients With Isolated Patellar Chondromalacia

T. Piontek; B. Bąbik; J. Bąbik; A. Banach 

Arthroscopy Techniques. 2025.  p. 103571. DOI : 10.1016/j.eats.2025.103571.

Gravitational and acoustic micromanipulation platforms for high-content histological analysis of organoids and spheroids

E. Vuille-Dit-Bille / M. S. Sakar; G. Weder (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

On-chip particle levitation and micromanipulation using bulk acoustic waves

E. Vuille-dit-Bille; M-A. Dubois; J. Hwang; D. Bayat; T. Overstolz et al. 

Lab on a Chip. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5lc00747j.

2024

Thermally Assisted Microfluidics to Produce Chemically Equivalent Microgels with Tunable Network Morphologies

D. Rommel; B. Haessel; P. Pietryszek; M. Mork; O. Jung et al. 

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 2024. Vol. 64, num. 1. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202411772.

Shortwave Infrared Imaging of a Quantum Dot-Based Magnetic Guidewire Toward Non-Fluoroscopic Peripheral Vascular Interventions

J. Hwang; B. Kim; C. Jin; G. Lee; H. Jeong et al. 

SMALL. 2024. Vol. 21, num. 3. DOI : 10.1002/smll.202404251.

Laser Doppler Vibrometer measurements of the 3D pressure field for the estimation of the radiation force produced by an acoustic standing-wave levitator

E. Tenenbaum; E. Baruch; A. Dolev; I. Bucher 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 2024. Vol. 374, p. 115505. DOI : 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115505.

Modeling the mechanosensitive collective migration of cells on the surface and the interior of morphing soft tissues

J. Kim; S. Sakar; N. Bouklas 

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 2024. DOI : 10.1007/s10237-024-01870-2.

Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density‐ and context‐dependent

M. RĂŒegg; A. Motes‐Rodrigo; A. Tuleu; N. Stroeymeyt; T. O. Richardson et al. 

Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2024. Vol. 15, p. 117 – 129. DOI : 10.1111/2041-210X.14244.

Targeted worker removal reveals a lack of flexibility in brood transport specialisation with no compensatory gain in efficiency

S. McGregor; F. E. Uslu; S. Sakar; L. Keller 

Scientific Reports. 2024. Vol. 14, p. 4850. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-55244-w.

A Robotic Surgery Platform for Automated Tissue Micromanipulation in Zebrafish Embryos

E. Özelçi; E. Etesami; L. A. Rohde; A. C. Oates; S. Sakar 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2024. Vol. 9, p. 327 – 334. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2023.3333690.

Small-scale robotic devices for medical interventions in the brain

L. Noseda; S. Sakar 

MRS Bulletin. 2024. Vol. 49. DOI : 10.1557/s43577-023-00644-y.

PARATURBOCAD: AUTOMATED PARAMETRIC GEOMETRY CONSTRUCTION FOR GAS-BEARING SUPPORTED TURBOCOMPRESSOR DESIGN WITH PYTHON

S. Massoudi; J. Bejjani; T. Horvath; D. ÜstĂŒn; J. Schiffmann 

2024. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Washington, United States, 2024-08-25 – 2024-08-28. DOI : 10.1115/DETC2024-143696.

A Flat Tendon-Driven Continuum Microrobot for Brain Interventions

L. Noseda; A. Liu; L. Pancaldi; M. S. Sakar 

2024. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Yokohama, Japan, 2024-05-13 – 2024-05-17. p. 13466 – 13471. DOI : 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10611399.

3D printed large amplitude torsional microactuators powered by ultrasound

A. Dolev; J. Hwang; M. A. Gadiri; S. Sakar 

Extreme Mechanics Letters. 2024. Vol. 68, p. 102148. DOI : 10.1016/j.eml.2024.102148.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Learning Curves Between QFR and FFRangio Software Users

A. Salihu; J. Zulauff; M. A. Gadiri; A. Metzinger; J. Muller et al. 

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/ccd.31384.