Bacterial transport of colloids in liquid crystalline environments: Supplementary Material
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Rishi R. Trivedi,1 Rina Maeda,1 Nicholas L. Abbott,2 Saverio E. Spagnolie,3 and Douglas B. Weibel1, 4, 5 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 440 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA. 2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA. 3Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 480 Lincoln Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA. 4Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA. 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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