Core-shell magnetoelectric nanorobot - A remotely controlled probe for targeted cell manipulation.

We have developed a remotely controlled dynamic process of manipulating targeted biological live cells using fabricated core-shell nanocomposites, which comprises of single crystalline ferromagnetic cores (CoFeO) coated with crystalline ferroelectric thin film shells (BaTiO). We demonstrate them as a unique family of inorganic magnetoelectric nanorobots (MENRs), controlled remotely by applied a.c.