*** Metachronal actuation of microscopic magnetic artificial cilia generates strong microfluidic pumping *** 
Authors: Zhang, S., Cui, Z., Wang, Y. & Toonder, J.M.J. den
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology

Corresponding author: J.M.J. den Toonder 

Contact Information: 

j.m.j.d.toonder@tue.nl

Eindhoven University of Technology – Department of Mechanical Engineering 
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands

***General Introduction***
This dataset contains data collected during experiments at Eindhoven University of Technology, as reported in the journal article: doi: 10.1039/d0lc00610f
It is being made public both to act as supplementary data for the publication and in order for other researchers to use this data in their own work, under the condition that the source publication is appropriately cited.

The data in this data set was collected in the Microfab/lab of Eindhoven University of Technology – Department of Mechanical Engineering, in 2019/2020.
This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant Bio-Plan project under grant agreement no. 833214.

***Purpose of the test campaign***
This study experimentally demonstrates that microscopic magnetic artificial cilia performing a metachronal motion can generate strong microfluidic flows, with velocities of up to 3000 um/s in water. The pumping performance of the metachronal microMAC outperforms all previously reported microscopic artificial cilia, and is competitive with that of most of the existing microfluidic pumping methods. The data were experimentally obtained with methods described in the publication.

***Description of the data in this data set***
The data set is provided both in .xlsx and .csv format. Each file contains the data presented in a specific figure in the publication. Each filename corresponds with the figure of which it contains the data.
