Swimming like algae: Biomimetic soft artificial cilia

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 78, 2013, Pages

  Sareh, Sina ^a   Rossiter, Jonathan ^a   Conn, Andrew ^a   Drescher, Knut ^b   Goldstein, Raymond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial cilia; Biomimetics; Piecewise constant curvature actuator

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTIFICIAL CILIA; DRIVING SIGNAL; FLUID TRANSPORT; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MULTI-SEGMENT; OPTIMAL SEGMENTATION; PIECE-WISE; PLANAR ACTUATORS; ROBOTIC ACTUATORS; THRUST GENERATION;

ACTUATORS;

METAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CILIA; BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRODE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; VOLVOX; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CILIA; MOTION; VOLVOX;

EID: 84871294474     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0666     Document Type: Article

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