Why superhydrophobicity is crucial for a water-jumping microrobot? Experimental and theoretical investigations

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3706-3711

  Zhao, Jie ^a   Zhang, Xinbin ^a   Chen, Ning ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bioinspired; mechanism; numerical model; superhydrophobicity; water jumping microrobot

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INSECTS; BIO-INSPIRED; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DIRECT-CURRENT; DRIVING SYSTEMS; MICRO ROBOTS; MINIATURE ROBOTS; NICKEL FOAM; REDUCTION GEAR UNITS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACE;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84864252007     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am300794z     Document Type: Article

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