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Mahmut Selman Sakar
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Small-scale robotic devices for medical interventions in the brain
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Lorenzo Francesco John Noseda
This article summarizes the recent advancements in the design, fabrication, and control of microrobotic devices for the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. With a focus on diverse actuation methods, we discuss how advancements in materials science ...
2024Targeted worker removal reveals a lack of flexibility in brood transport specialisation with no compensatory gain in efficiency
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Laurent Keller, Fazil Emre Uslu
Division of labour is widely thought to increase the task efficiency of eusocial insects. Workers can switch their task to compensate for sudden changes in demand, providing flexible task allocation. In combination with automated tracking technology, we de ...
20243D printed large amplitude torsional microactuators powered by ultrasound
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Mehdi Ali Gadiri, Junsun Hwang, Amit Yedidia Dolev
Here, we introduce a design, fabrication, and control methodology for large amplitude torsional microactuators powered by ultrasound. The microactuators are 3D printed from two polymers with drastically different elastic moduli as a monolithic compliant me ...
2024Colloidal self-assembly of soft neural interfaces from injectable photovoltaic microdevices
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Zhangjun Huang, Murat Kaynak, Haiyan Jia
Biomimetic retinas with a wide field of view and high resolution are in demand for neuroprosthetics and robot vision. Conventional neural prostheses are manufactured outside the application area and implanted as a complete device using invasive surgery. He ...
2023A graduate laboratory experiment to study the dynamics of an acoustically levitated particle
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Lorenzo Francesco John Noseda, Amit Yedidia Dolev, Bora Yalcin
The comprehension of physical wave phenomena is imperative for students in the fields of engineering and basic sciences. Laboratory experiments that involve generation of acoustic waves can be used to explain advanced nonlinear wave phenomena. Acoustic lev ...
2023Acoustic Levitation apparatus (Robotics Practicals)
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Amit Yedidia Dolev, Bora Yalcin
The following data contain the information and files, which are required to recreate and build the experimental setup that is described in the Laboratory manual. Further details can be found in the associated publication “A graduate laboratory experiment t ...
Zenodo2023A Robotic Surgery Platform for Automated Tissue Micromanipulation in Zebrafish Embryos
Andrew Charles Oates, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Laurel Ann Rohde, Erfan Etesami
Microsurgical manipulations are key experimental techniques in life science research, particularly in embryology. These techniques are most often performed manually by highly skilled scientists, posing limitations on speed, precision, and reproducibility. ...
2023Actuated 3D microgels for single cell mechanobiology
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Ece Özelçi, Berna Ayse Özkale Edelmann, Christina Myra Tringides
We present a new cell culture technology for large-scale mechanobiology studies capable of generating and applying optically controlled uniform compression on single cells in 3D. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are individually encapsulated inside an optical ...
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022Dynamics of entrapped microbubbles with multiple openings
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Murat Kaynak, Amit Yedidia Dolev
Microbubbles excited by acoustic fields inside water oscillate, and generate acoustic radiation forces and drag-induced acoustic streaming. These forces can be harnessed in various biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and on-chip biomanip ...
20223D Printed Acoustically Programmable Soft Microactuators
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Murat Kaynak, Amit Yedidia Dolev
The concept of creating all-mechanical soft microrobotic systems has great potential to address outstanding challenges in biomedical applications, and introduce more sustainable and multifunctional products. To this end, magnetic fields and light have been ...
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